Sirach 10:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² As the judge of the people is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also are they that dwell therein.

³ An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.

⁴ The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in his time he will raise up a profitable ruler over it.