Psalms 82:5

For they have taken counsel together with one consent: they have made a confederacy against you; 1

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

In Context

4They 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. 1

6even the tents of the Idumeans, and the Ismaelites; Moab, and the Agarenes; 1

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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 nothing, but he honors them that fear the Lord. He swears to his neighbor, and disappoints him not. 1

Psalms 75:3There he broke the power of the bows, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Pause. 1

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 →

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