ELEISON COMMENTS LVII (2 August, 2008): LA-LA LANDSLIDE I
Who said politics have nothing to do with religion, and religion has nothing to do with politics ? The Lord God does not agree ! There are few better places to find out what he thinks than in the Psalms of the Old Testament ! Here is an official translation (Douay Rheims) of Psalm 81:
1. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods. 2. How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked? 3. Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor. 4. Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner. 5. They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved. 6. I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High. 7. But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes. 8. Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.
And here is how the Psalm might be rendered today :–
The Lord God stands right in the middle of the politicians, banksters and Lodges, and he stands in judgment upon all their doings ! How long are the pack of you going to go on misleading the world, and looking primarily after your own interests ? Look after the poor, and stop designing and applying laws to destroy the family and create the fatherless ! Stop just looking after the rich, and cancel the vile money system by which you have enslaved the world ! But the banksters paid no attention, and the politicians went on their blind way. Their whole system is going to collapse ! I the Lord God have reminded them: I gave you your high responsibilities, and I am your Father, but you will nevertheless die (to be judged by me), like even the mightiest of men!
O Lord, enough of our poor worlds madness and wickedness ! Step in, and reclaim your rightful heritage as King of Kings and Lord of Lords ! Kyrie Eleison.