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"Wisdom and might are with Him; Advice and understanding belong to Him.

With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

"Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a person, and there is no release.

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

"Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

"Strength and sound wisdom are with Him. One who goes astray and one who leads astray belong to Him.

With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

"He makes advisers walk barefoot And makes fools of judges.

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

"He undoes the binding of kings, And ties a loincloth around their waist.

He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

"He makes priests walk barefoot, And overthrows the secure ones.

He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

"He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders.

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

"He pours contempt on nobles, And loosens the belt of the strong.

He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

"He reveals mysteries from the darkness, And brings the deep darkness into light.

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

"He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

"He deprives the leaders of the earth's people of intelligence And makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

"They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken person.

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.