11. The ear tests wordsas the tongue tastes food.
12. Older people are wise,and long life brings understanding.
13. “But only God has wisdom and power,good advice and understanding.
14. What he tears down cannot be rebuilt;anyone he puts in prison cannot be let out.
15. If God holds back the waters, there is no rain;if he lets the waters go, they flood the land.
16. He is strong and victorious;both the one who fools others and the one who is fooled belong to him.
17. God leads the wise away as captivesand turns judges into fools.
18. He takes off chains that kings put onand puts a garment on their bodies.
19. He leads priests away nakedand destroys the powerful.