Psalms 82:5

They have said, Come, and let us utterly destroy them out of the nation; 1 And let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

4Against thy people they have craftily imagined a device, 1 And have taken counsel against thy saints. 1

6For they have taken counsel together with one consent: 1 They have made a confederacy against thee; 1

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Cross References

Job 8:9(For we are of yesterday, and know nothing; 1 For our life upon the earth is a shadow): 1

Psalms 14:4In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, 1 But he honors them that fear the Lord. 1 He swears to his neighbor, and disappoints him not. 1

Psalms 75:3And his place has been in peace, 1 And his dwelling place in Zion. 1

Proverbs 1:29For they hated wisdom, 1 And did not choose the word of the Lord: 1

Proverbs 4:19But the ways of the ungodly are dark; 1 They know not how they stumble. 1

Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, 1 There was the ungodly one; 1 And the place of righteousness, 1 There was the godly one. 1

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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