¹⁰ We grope like the blind along a wall,
    groping like those who have no eyes;
we stumble at noon as in the twilight,
    among the vigorous^[a] as though we were dead.^(A)

²⁴ He strips understanding from the leaders^[a] of the earth
    and makes them wander in a pathless waste.^(A)

²⁵ They grope in the dark without light;
    he makes them stagger like a drunkard.^(A)