Psalm 82
(The Message)

    ¹ God calls the judges into his courtroom, he puts all the judges in the dock.

 ^2-4 "Enough! You've corrupted justice long enough,
      you've let the wicked get away with murder.
   You're here to defend the defenseless,
      to make sure that underdogs get a fair break;
   Your job is to stand up for the powerless,
      and prosecute all those who exploit them."

 ⁵ Ignorant judges! Head-in-the-sand judges!
      They haven't a clue to what's going on.
   And now everything's falling apart,
      the world's coming unglued.

 ^6-7 "I commissioned you judges, each one of you,
      deputies of the High God,
   But you've betrayed your commission
      and now you're stripped of your rank, busted."

 ⁸ O God, give them their just deserts!
      You've got the whole world in your hands!