Psalms 82:5
They know not, nor do they understand. They walk to and fro in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
4Rescue the poor and needy man. Deliver from the hand of the wicked man.
6I said, Ye are gods, and all of you sons of the Most High.
Cross References
Job 8:9(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow).
Psalms 14:4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon LORD?
Psalms 75:3[when] the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved. I have set up the pillars of it. Selah.
Proverbs 1:29because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.
Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 82:2-6
The Duty of Magistrates. 1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. 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. 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. We have here, I. God's supreme presidency and power in all councils… Read the whole commentary →