¹³ “With Him are ^(A)wisdom and ^(B)might;
To Him belong counsel and ^(C)discernment.
¹⁴ Behold, He ^(D)pulls down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He ^(E)closes a man in, and it cannot be opened.
¹⁵ Behold, He ^(F)restrains the waters, and they dry up;
And He ^(G)sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
¹⁶ With Him are strength and sound wisdom;
The ^(H)misled and the misleader belong to Him.
¹⁷ He makes ^(I)counselors walk ^[a]barefoot
And makes fools of ^(J)judges.
¹⁸ He ^(K)opens the ^[b]bond of kings
And binds their loins with a belt.
¹⁹ He makes priests walk ^[c]barefoot
And subverts ^(L)the enduring ones.
²⁰ He removes speech from the faithful
And ^(M)takes away the discerning taste of the elders.
²¹ He ^(N)pours contempt on nobles
And ^(O)loosens the belt of the strong.
²² He ^(P)reveals mysteries from the darkness
And brings out the shadows of death into light.
²³ He ^(Q)makes the nations great, then makes them perish;
He ^[d]enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
²⁴ He ^(R)removes the heart of wisdom from the heads of the earth’s people
And makes them wander in a pathless ^[e]waste.
²⁵ They ^(S)grope in darkness with no light,
And He makes them ^(T)wander about like a drunken man.