Post-election 2004
from and translated by Reb Zalman

Psalm 82
This psalm was the Tuesday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.
 
 
Assaph sings:
 
 
God is present to the godly gathering.
 
He presides among those
Who administer judgment,
(and warns them),
“How much longer will you twist
Your verdicts and favor the wicked?
Selah!
 
In your judging,
Consider the modest, the orphan.
Find justice for the destitute
And the oppressed.
Assist the poor, the down and out.
Save them from the bullies’ hands.
 
Not knowing, unawares you are,
You walk in the dark,
While the foundations of earth
Are toppling.
 
I set you to be judges,
To be like angels of the Most High.
But you will die like anyone else,
Topple like demoted princes.
 
Arise, O God!
 
Bring justice to the world!
 
You can bring order to all the nations.