Psalms 82:5
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
King James Version
In Context
4Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
6I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
Cross References
Job 8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Psalms 14:4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Psalms 75:3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
Proverbs 1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity 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 →