¹³ “With Him are ^(A)wisdom and ^(B)might;
To Him belong counsel and ^(C)understanding.
¹⁴ “Behold, He ^(D)tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He ^[a](E)imprisons a man, and ^[b]there can be no release.
¹⁵ “Behold, He ^(F)restrains the waters, and they dry up;
And He ^(G)sends them out, and they ^[c]inundate 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 ^[d]barefoot
And makes fools of ^(J)judges.
¹⁸ “He ^(K)loosens the ^[e]bond of kings
And binds their loins with a girdle.
¹⁹ “He makes priests walk ^[f]barefoot
And overthrows ^(L)the secure ones.
²⁰ “He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And ^(M)takes away the discernment 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 the deep darkness into light.
²³ “He ^(Q)makes the nations great, then destroys them;
He ^[g]enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
²⁴ “He ^(R)deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
²⁵ “They ^(S)grope in darkness with no light,
And He makes them ^(T)stagger like a drunken man.