The Skeptics Annotated Bible (460 page)

2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

3
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy
.

4
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

(82.3-4) “Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.”

5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all
the foundations of the earth
are out of course.

(82.5)
“The foundations of the earth”
Another reference to “the foundations of the earth”, implying that the earth is fixed and does not move.

6
I have said, Ye are gods
; and all of you are children of the most High.

(82.6)
“I have said, Ye are gods.”
Jesus quotes this verse in John 10.34 to get out of a tough spot. (He was claiming to be God for which the Jews accused him of blasphemy.)

7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

1
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

(83.9-18)

9
Do unto them as unto the Midianites
; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

(83.9)
“Do unto them as unto the Midianites.”

10 Which perished at En-dor:
they became as dung for the eart
h.

(83.10) “They became as dung for the earth.”

11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

15 So
persecute them
with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

16
Fill their faces with shame
; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea,
let them
be put to shame, and
perish
:

(83.15-17) “Persecute them … Fill their faces with shame … Let them … perish.”

18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH,
art the most high over all the earth.

(83.18) “That men may know that thou … art the most high over all the earth.”
114 How should we treat our enemies?
161 Who is the Lord of the earth?

1
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

1
LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.