no doubt but ye are the people and wisdom shall die
but i have understanding as well as you i am not inferior to you yea who knoweth not such things
i am as one mocked of his neighbour who calleth upon god and he answereth him the just upright man is laughed to scorn
he that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease
the tabernacles of robbers prosper and they that provoke god are secure into whose hand god bringeth
but ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee and the fowls of the air and they shall tell
or speak to the earth and it shall teach thee and the fishes of the sea shall declare
who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the lord hath wrought
in whose hand is the soul of every living thing and the breath of all mankind
doth not the ear try words and the mouth taste his meat
with the ancient is wisdom and in length of days understanding
with him is wisdom and strength he hath counsel and understanding
behold he breaketh down and it cannot be built again he shutteth up a man and there can be no opening
behold he withholdeth the waters and they dry up also he sendeth them out and they overturn the earth
with him is strength and wisdom the deceived and the deceiver
he leadeth counsellors away spoiled and maketh the judges fools
he looseth the bond of kings and girdeth their loins with a girdle
he leadeth princes away spoiled and overthroweth the mighty
he removeth away the speech of the trusty and taketh away the understanding of the aged
he poureth contempt upon princes and weakeneth the strength of the mighty
he discovereth deep things out of darkness and bringeth out to light the shadow of death
he increaseth the nations and destroyeth them he enlargeth the nations and straiteneth
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
they grope in the dark without light and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken