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"Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. |
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I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? |
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I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered— a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock! |
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For calamity, there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate)— a fate for those whose feet slip! |
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But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident— who carry their god in their hands. |
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"But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you. |
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Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you. |
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Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this, |
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in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race. |
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Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food? |
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Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? |
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"With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his. |
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If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape. |
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If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land. |
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With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his. |
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He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools. |
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He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist. |
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He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates. |
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He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders. |
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He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful. |
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He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light. |
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He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them. |
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He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste. |
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They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards. |
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