¹³ “With Him are ^(A)wisdom and ^(B)might;
To Him belong counsel and ^(C)discernment.

¹⁶ With Him are strength and sound wisdom;
The ^(A)misled and the misleader belong to Him.
¹⁷ He makes ^(B)counselors walk ^[a]barefoot
And makes fools of ^(C)judges.
¹⁸ He ^(D)opens the ^[b]bond of kings
And binds their loins with a belt.
¹⁹ He makes priests walk ^[c]barefoot
And subverts ^(E)the enduring ones.
²⁰ He removes speech from the faithful
And ^(F)takes away the discerning taste of the elders.
²¹ He ^(G)pours contempt on nobles
And ^(H)loosens the belt of the strong.
²² He ^(I)reveals mysteries from the darkness
And brings out the shadows of death into light.

²¹ And He ^(A)changes the times and the seasons;
He ^(B)removes kings and ^[a]establishes kings;
He gives ^(C)wisdom to wise men
And knowledge to ^[b]men of understanding.
²² He ^(D)reveals the deep and hidden things;
^(E)He knows what is in the darkness,
And the ^(F)light dwells with Him.
²³ To You, O ^(G)God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise,
For You have given me ^(H)wisdom and might;
Even now You have made known to me what we ^(I)sought from You,
For You have made known to us the king’s matter.”