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Psalms 82:5 — King James Version← Study notes

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.


Psalms 82:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 82:510 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹ֤אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָֽדְע֨וּyādəʿw
they knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָבִ֗ינוּyābiynw
they understandverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
בַּ/חֲשֵׁכָ֥הbaḥăšēkāh
in darknesspronH2825
יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּyitəhalākw
they walk aboutverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
יִ֝מּ֗וֹטוּyimwōṭw
they are shakenverbH4131
cast · be out of course · be fallen in decay · exceedingly ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מ֥וֹסְדֵיmwōsədēy
the foundations ofnounH4144
אָֽרֶץʾāreṣ
the earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 82:5

1. This Psalm, like others similarly named, was so entitled either from the name of the man who wrote it, or from the explanation of that same name, so as to refer in meaning to the Synagogue, which Asaph signifies; especially as this is intimated in the first verse. For it begins, “God stood in the synagogue of gods” Psalm 81:1. Far however be it from us to understand by these Gods the gods of the Gentiles, or idols, or any creature in heaven or earth except men; for a…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 82
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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