Psalm 82:1-8 NIV
1 A psalm of Asaph. God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the "gods": 2 "How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? 3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. 5 "The 'gods' know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6 "I said, 'You are "gods"; you are all sons of the Most High.' 7 But you will die like mere mortals; you will fall like every other ruler." 8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What does Asaph reveal about our God? (v.1)
2) What question does the psalmist ask the readers of this psalm? (v.2)
3) What does the psalmist encourage the readers to do instead? (v.3-4)
4) What does the psalmist write concerning the "gods" of this earth and its foundations? (v.5)
5) What does Asaph write about the "sons of the Most High"? (v.6-7)
6) What plea does the psalmist make to God? (v.8)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) Do you believe that God is about to judge the nations of this earth? If so, what, if anything, can you do about it?
LIFE LESSONS
8) The Lord God will one day judge all who have refused His rule and reign in their lives and on this earth, as individuals, as well as nations.
9) The Lord will hear the prayers of the righteous and relent from allowing disaster, or calamity, to strike an individual and/or nation that He has purposed to judge.
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