Psalms 82:5
They know not, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are moved.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
4Rescue the poor and needy; deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
6I said: Ye are godlike beings, and all of you sons of the Most High.
Cross References
Job 8:9For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —
Psalms 14:4'Shall not all the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD?'
Psalms 75:3(75-4) When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, I Myself establish the pillars of it.' Selah
Proverbs 1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the 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 →