Psalms 82:5
They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
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4Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
6I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
Cross References
Job 8:9For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
Psalms 14:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
Psalms 75:3When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
Proverbs 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
Ecclesiastes 3:16Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is 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 →