7. But now ask the beasts, and they teach you; and the birds of the heavens, and they declare it to you;
8. or speak to the earth, and it teaches you; and the fish of the sea inform you.
9. Who among all these does not know that the hand of יהוה has done this,
10. in whose hand is the life of all that live, and the breath of all mankind?
11. Does the ear not try words? And the mouth taste food for itself?
12. With the aged is wisdom, and understanding with length of days.
13. With Him are wisdom and might, He has counsel and understanding.
14. Look, He breaks down, and it is not rebuilt. If He imprisons a man, there is no release.
15. Look, He withholds the waters, and they dry up. And He sends them out, and they overwhelm the earth.
16. With Him are strength and ability. The misled and the misleader are His.
17. He leads counsellors away stripped, and makes judges go mad.
18. He loosens the bonds of sovereigns, and binds a girdle on their loins;
19. who leads away priests as a spoil, and overthrows the mighty;
20. turning aside the lip of the trusted ones, and takes away the discernment of the elders;
21. pouring scorn on nobles, and loosens the girdle of the strong;
22. revealing deep matters out of darkness, and He brings the shadow of death to light;