Psalm 27:12 says, “for false witnesses have risen against me, an such as breathe out violence.” In the real world there are real people, accused and accusers, testifying before a judge. In these cases, real injustice is done. But inwardly these might represent elements of ourselves: the, the accused (us), accusers (false witnesses) and the judge (the decision renderer). Hence (in our imagination) the witnesses are presenting their case before a judge about us. Sometimes this whole judgmental system can be corrupt.
What if the “corrupt judge” is part of our inward selves? The part that is deciding what to do or think? Sometimes we sit a corrupt judge at the bench. What if these "false witnesses" are wicked forces trying to get us to think or to do bad things? The courtroom is our own mind and the verdict will be just or unjust according to what our inward judge decrees. The “false witnesses” are trying to move the judgment in their favor: “watch pornography”, “think that someone hates you (even though there is no evidence of it)”
We have set up false judicial systems that render the decisions we dictate and thus build up a violent society. The only hope is to be honest within ourselves, hire only upright lawyers, seek honest judges and put the false judges out on their ears.
