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Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?
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Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days?--
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With Him is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
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Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.
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He leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools.
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He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.
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He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.
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He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.
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He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.
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He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.
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He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
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They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.