82.1-Ps.82.4" class="scriptRef">Psalm 82:1-4, 8 – "God Arises, Charges Heaven"
Prayer and song for God,
based freely on the psalter of "Evangelical Lutheran Worship" & original tune
Pastor Joel S Neubauer
St Mark Lutheran Church (ELCA), Yorktown, Virginia
Shared in the season after Pentecost 2022 (Covid-19/coronavirus)

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God arises, charges heaven,
as in congress stars assemble.
Hear God’s judgment on religion;
pieties of falsehood tremble:
“How long will you judge without honor?
How long will you show evil favor?”
Rise, O God! Now reign alone!
Rule our faith to match your own.

Love, God says, to save all people
labelled weak, disabled, orphan;
to defend them: humble, needful
souls too poor to pay for heaven.
How long will we judge without honor?
How long will we show evil favor?
Rise, O God! Now reign alone!
Raise our love to match your own.