ECB(i)
9 Who knows not that in all these the hand of Yah Veh worked this?
10 In whose hand is the soul of all living and the spirit of all flesh of man.
11 Does not the ear proof utterances? - the palate taste food?
12 With the aged is wisdom; and in length of days understanding;
13 with him, wisdom and might, to him, counsel and understanding.
14 Behold, he breaks down and no one builds; he shuts a man and no one opens.
15 Behold, he restrains the waters, and they dry; he sends them out and they overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and substance; they who err inadvertently and they who cause to err inadvertently are his.
17 He walks counsellors away stripped and has the judges halal;
18 he loosens the bond of sovereigns and binds their loins with a girdle;
19 he walks priests away stripped and perverts the perennial;
20 he turns aside the lip of the trustworthy and takes away the taste of the aged;
21 he pours disrespect on volunteers and loosens the girdle of the gatherers;
22 he exposes depths from darkness and brings the shadow of death to light.
23 He increases the goyim and destroys them; he spreads the goyim and leads them;
24 he turns aside the heart of the head of the people of the earth; and staggars them in a void where there is no way;
25 they grope in the dark without light and he staggers them as intoxicated.