God's Uncontrollable Sovereignty

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Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.

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What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.

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If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.

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True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

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He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.

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He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

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He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.

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He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

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He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

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He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.

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He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.

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He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

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They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.