¹³ “With God is wisdom and might.
    He has counsel and understanding.
¹⁴ Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again.
    He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
¹⁵ Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up.
    Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
¹⁶ With him is strength and wisdom.
    The deceived and the deceiver are his.
¹⁷ He leads counselors away stripped.
    He makes judges fools.
¹⁸ He loosens the bond of kings.
    He binds their waist with a belt.
¹⁹ He leads priests away stripped,
    and overthrows the mighty.
²⁰ He removes the speech of those who are trusted,
    and takes away the understanding of the elders.
²¹ He pours contempt on princes,
    and loosens the belt of the strong.
²² He uncovers deep things out of darkness,
    and brings out to light the shadow of death.
²³ He increases the nations, and he destroys them.
    He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
²⁴ He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth,
    and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
²⁵ They grope in the dark without light.
    He makes them stagger like a drunken man.