Psalms 82:5
They neither know nor understand; 1 they wander around in the darkness; 1 all the foundations of the earth crumble. 1
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4Rescue the poor and needy; 1 take them out of the hand of the wicked. 1
6I said, “You are gods, 1 and all of you sons of the Most High. 1
Cross References
Job 8:9(We were only born yesterday and know nothing 1 because our days on earth are a shadow). 1
Psalms 14:4Do they not know anything, those who commit iniquity, 1 those who eat up my people as they eat bread, 1 but who do not call on Yahweh? 1
Psalms 75:3Though the earth and all the inhabitants shake in fear, 1 I make steady the earth's pillars. Selah 1
Proverbs 1:29Because they hate knowledge 1 and did not choose the fear of Yahweh, 1
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness— 1 they do not know what it is they stumble over. 1
Ecclesiastes 3:16I have seen the wickedness that is under the sun, where there should be justice, and in place of righteousness, wickedness was there.
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 →