Psalms 82:5
They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
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In Context
4Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
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 Jehovah?
Psalms 75:3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. Selah
Proverbs 1:29For that 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, 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 →