Psalms 82:5
They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.
6I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.
Cross References
Job 8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow:)
Psalms 14:4Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people as they eat bread ?
Psalms 75:3when I shall take a time, I will judge justices.
Proverbs 1:29Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.
Ecclesiastes 3:16I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.
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 →