5 They don't know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, And rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?
If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And don't call on Yahweh?
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord{TR reads "Christ" instead of "the Lord"} depart from unrighteousness."
Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
For the vineyard of Yahweh of Hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah his pleasant plant: And he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; For righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.
The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness--and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
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PSALM 82
Ps 82:1-8. Before the great Judge, the judges of the earth are rebuked, exhorted, and threatened.
1. congregation—(Compare Ex 12:3; 16:1).
of the mighty—that is, of God, of His appointment.
the gods—or, "judges" (Ex 21:6; 22:9), God's representatives.
2. accept the persons—literally, "lift up the faces," that is, from dejection, or admit to favor and communion, regardless of merit (Le 19:15; Pr 18:5).
3, 4. So must good judges act (Ps 10:14; Job 29:12).
4. poor and needy—(Compare Ps 34:10; 41:1).
5. By the wilful ignorance and negligence of judges, anarchy ensues (Ps 11:3; 75:3).
out of course—(Compare Margin; Ps 9:6; 62:2).
6, 7. Though God admitted their official dignity (Joh 10:34), He reminds them of their mortality.
7. fall like, &c.—be cut off suddenly (Ps 20:8; 91:7).
8. As rightful sovereign of earth, God is invoked personally to correct the evils of His representatives.