14. Surely, He tears down, and it cannot be built again;He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
15. Surely, He withholds the waters, and they dry up;also He sends them out, and they overthrow the earth.
16. With Him are strength and wisdom.The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17. He leads counselors away strippedand makes fools of judges.
18. He has loosened the bonds imposed by kingsand bound their waist with a belt.
19. He leads away priests strippedand overthrows the mighty.
20. He removes speech from the trusted onesand takes away the understanding of the aged.
21. He pours contempt upon princesand loosens the belt of the mighty.
22. He uncovers deep things out of darknessand brings the shadow of death to light.
23. He increases the nations and destroys them;He enlarges the nations and guides them.
24. He takes away the understanding of 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,and He makes them to stagger like a drunk man.