Psalms 82:5
They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
6I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High;
Cross References
Job 8:9For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
Psalms 14:4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people [as] they eat bread? They call not upon Jehovah.
Psalms 75:3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have established its pillars. Selah.
Proverbs 1:29Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
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, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, 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 →