16. With Him are might and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His [and in His power].
17. He leads [great and scheming] counselors away stripped and barefoot and makes the judges fools [in human estimation, by overthrowing their plans].
18. He looses the fetters [ordered] by kings and has [the] waistcloth [of a slave] bound about their [own] loins.
19. He leads away priests as spoil, and men firmly seated He overturns.
20. He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.
21. He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong [disabling them, bringing low the pride of the learned].