Psalms 82:5
“They have neither knowledge nor insight, in darkness they walk to and fro, while the earth’s foundations totter.
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4Rescue the weak and the needy, save them from the hand of the wicked.
6It was I who appointed you gods, children of the Most High all of you.
Cross References
Psalms 14:4Have they learned their lesson, those workers of evil? Who ate up my people, eating, devouring, never calling to the Lord.
Psalms 75:3Though earth melt and all her inhabitants, it is I who keep steady her pillars.” Selah
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 →