20. "He deprives the trusted ones of speech And takes away the discernment of the elders.
21. "He pours contempt on nobles And loosens the belt of the strong.
22. "He reveals mysteries from the darkness And brings the deep darkness into light.
23. "He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
24. "He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth's people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
25. "They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.