[1] Then Job answered, [2] "No doubt, but you are the people,	 And wisdom
shall die with you. [3] But I have understanding as well as you;    I am
not inferior to you:	Yes, who doesn`t know such things as these? [4] I
am like one who is a joke to his neighbor,    I, who called on God, and he
answered.    The just, the blameless man is a joke. [5] In the thought of
him who is at ease there is contempt for       misfortune,    It is ready
for them whose foot slips. [6] The tents of robbers prosper,	Those who
provoke God are secure;    Who carry their God in their hands. [7] "But ask
the animals, now, and they shall teach you;    The birds of the sky, and
they shall tell you. [8] Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you;   
The fish of the sea shall declare to you. [9] Who doesn`t know that in all
these,	  The hand of Yahweh has done this, [10] In whose hand is the life
of every living thing,	  The breath of all mankind? [11] Doesn`t the ear
try words,    Even as the palate tastes its food? [12] With aged men is
wisdom,    In length of days understanding. [13] "With God is wisdom and
might.	  He has counsel and understanding. [14] Behold, he breaks down,
and it can`t be built again;	He imprisons a man, and there can be no
release. [15] Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up;    Again,
he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. [16] With him is strength
and wisdom;    The deceived and the deceiver are his. [17] He leads
counselors away stripped.    He makes judges fools. [18] He loosens the
bond of kings,	  He binds their loins with a belt. [19] He leads priests
away stripped,	  And overthrows the mighty. [20] He removes the speech of
those who are trusted,	  And takes away the understanding of the elders.
[21] He pours contempt on princes,    And loosens the belt of the strong.
[22] He uncovers deep things out of darkness,	  And brings out to light
the shadow of death. [23] He increases the nations, and he destroys them.  
 He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive. [24] He takes away
understanding from the chiefs of the people of	     the earth,    And
causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. [25] They
grope in the dark without light.    He makes them stagger like a drunken
man.