Psalms 82:5
They have said, Come, and let us utterly destroy them out of the nation; and let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
4Against thy people they have craftily imagined a device, and have taken counsel against thy saints.
6For they have taken counsel together with one consent: they have made a confederacy against thee;
Cross References
Job 8:9(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow:)
Psalms 14:4In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, but he honours them that fear the Lord. He swears to his neighbour, and disappoints him not.
Psalms 75:3And his place has been in + 75:3 Or, Salem, see the Hebrew.peace, and his dwelling-place in Sion.
Proverbs 1:29For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:
Proverbs 4:19But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.
Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, there was the ungodly one; and the place of righteousness, there was the godly one.
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 →