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Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening (12:14) Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth (12:15) With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his (12:16) He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools (12:17) He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle (12:18) He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty (12:19) He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged (12:20) He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty (12:21) He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death (12:22) He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again] (12:23) He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way (12:24) They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man]
(12:25)
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