The beauty of this Psalm is the exaltation of God on high. The Psalmist worships the almighty transcendent and divine God. This is the God who is above the heavens and hence above all other gods. The Israelites had continually struggled with being a monotheistic people of faith and had allowed other gods to dot the mountaintops surrounding them but the LORD – Yahweh was not to be viewed nor worshipped in the same way. This was The LORD whose name was above all others and to be praised because...

The title of Psalm 82 in the NRSV is “A Plea for Justice.” We hear this word “justice” thrown around a lot: in the news, on social media,...

It is appropriate that in this second Sunday of Easter—the week immediately following the glorious celebration of the resurrected...