13“With Him are awisdom and bmight;To Him belong counsel and cdiscernment.14“Behold, He apullsdown, and it cannot be rebuilt;He bcloses a manin, and it cannot be opened.15“Behold, He arestrains the waters, and they dryup;And He bsends them out, and they overturn the earth.16“With Him are strength and soundwisdom;The amisled and the misleader belong to Him.17“He makes acounselorswalk1barefootAnd makesfools of bjudges.18“He aopens the 1bond of kingsAnd binds their loins with a belt.19“He makes priestswalk1barefootAnd subvertsathe enduringones.20“He removesspeech from the faithfulAnd atakes away the discerningtaste of the elders.21“He apourscontempt on noblesAnd bloosens the belt of the strong.22“He arevealsmysteries from the darknessAnd bringsout the shadows of death into light.23“He amakes the nationsgreat, then makes them perish;He 1enlarges the nations, then leads them away.24“He aremoves the heartof wisdom from the heads of the earth’speopleAnd makes them wander in a pathless 1waste.25“They agrope in darkness with nolight,And He makes them bwanderabout like a drunkenman.
