Psalms 82:5
They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.
6I — I have said, 'Gods ye [are], And sons of the Most High — all of you,
Cross References
Job 8:9(For of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.)
Psalms 14:4Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.
Psalms 75:3Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I — I have pondered its pillars. Selah.
Proverbs 1:29Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
Ecclesiastes 3:16And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment — there [is] the wicked; and the place of righteousness — there [is] the wicked.
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 →