Psalms 82:5
They knowe not and vnderstand nothing: they walke in darkenes, albeit all the foundations of the earth be mooued.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.
6I haue said, Ye are gods, and ye all are children of the most High.
Cross References
Job 8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
Psalms 14:4Doe not all the workers of iniquitie know that they eate vp my people, as they eate bread? they call not vpon the Lord.
Psalms 75:3The earth and all the inhabitantes thereof are dissolued: but I will establish the pillars of it. Selah.
Proverbs 1:29Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall.
Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreouer I haue seene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where was wickednesse, and the place of iustice where was iniquitie.
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 →