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“Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
and wisdom will die with you!
and wisdom will die with you!
“No doubt you are the people,
And wisdom will die with you!
And wisdom will die with you!
But I have a mind as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know all these things?
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know all these things?
“I have become a laughingstock to my friends,
though I called on God and he answered —
a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
though I called on God and he answered —
a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
“I am one mocked by his friends,
Who called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
Who called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune
as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
The tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure —
In what God provides by His hand.
And those who provoke God are secure —
In what God provides by His hand.
“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,
or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
“But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;
And the fish of the sea will explain to you.
And the fish of the sea will explain to you.
Which of all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
In his hand is the life of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.
and the breath of all mankind.
Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes food?
as the tongue tastes food?
Is not wisdom found among the aged?
Does not long life bring understanding?
Does not long life bring understanding?
“To God belong wisdom and power;
counsel and understanding are his.
counsel and understanding are his.
“With Him are wisdom and strength,
He has counsel and understanding.
He has counsel and understanding.
What he tears down cannot be rebuilt;
those he imprisons cannot be released.
those he imprisons cannot be released.
If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt;
If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
If he holds back the waters, there is drought;
if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
If He withholds the waters, they dry up;
If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
To him belong strength and insight;
both deceived and deceiver are his.
both deceived and deceiver are his.
With Him are strength and prudence.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
He leads rulers away stripped
and makes fools of judges.
and makes fools of judges.
He leads counselors away plundered,
And makes fools of the judges.
And makes fools of the judges.
He loosens the bonds of kings,
And binds their waist with a belt.
And binds their waist with a belt.
He leads priests away stripped
and overthrows officials long established.
and overthrows officials long established.
He silences the lips of trusted advisers
and takes away the discernment of elders.
and takes away the discernment of elders.
He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
He pours contempt on nobles
and disarms the mighty.
and disarms the mighty.
He reveals the deep things of darkness
and brings utter darkness into the light.
and brings utter darkness into the light.
He uncovers deep things out of darkness,
And brings the shadow of death to light.
And brings the shadow of death to light.
He makes nations great, and destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;
he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
he makes them wander in a trackless waste.