21. He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong [disabling them, bringing low the pride of the learned].
22. He uncovers deep things out of darkness and brings into light black gloom and the shadow of death.
23. He makes nations great, and He destroys them; He enlarges nations [and then straitens and shrinks them again], and leads them [away captive].
24. He takes away understanding from the leaders of the people of the land and of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path.
25. They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger and wander like a drunken man.