Psalms82:5

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Translation

They do not know; and they do not distinguish; they walk in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are removed.

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Paraphrase

The false gods know nothing; they have no discernment; the wicked human judges function as if they are in total darkness; they have cast aside all the things that are foundational for the proper functioning of society.

Footnotes

1: "removed"

This word has the idea of “to move out of the way” as its central concept. From there they created other uses of it, such as “to shake, to overthrow, to cast aside, to carry away, to fall into decay, to slide, to slip.”