Psalms 82:5
They know not, nor will they understand; in darkness do they walk on: all the foundations of the earth are moved.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
4Release the poor and needy: deliver them out of the power of the wicked.
6I have indeed said, Ye are gods; and children of the most High are all of you.
Cross References
Job 8:9For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because a [mere] shadow are our days upon earth;—
Psalms 14:4Is there no knowledge in all the workers of wickedness? who eat up my people as they eat bread; [while] they do not call on the Lord.
Psalms 75:3(75:4) The earth and all her inhabitants are melting away: I myself establish firmly her pillars.” Selah.
Proverbs 1:29For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose;
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness: they know not against what they stumble.
Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I have seen under the sun, [that in] the place of justice, even there was wickedness; and [that in] the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
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 →