17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, andjudgesוְֽשֹׁפְטִ֥יםve.sho.fe.TimH8199maketh he fools.
18He looseth the bond ofkingsמְלָכִ֣יםme.la.KhimH4428, and bindeth theirloinsבְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃be.ma.te.nei.HemH4975with agirdleאֵ֝ז֗וֹר'e.ZorH232.
19He leadethpriestsכֹּהֲנִ֣יםko.ha.NimH3548away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20He removeth thespeechשָׂ֭פָהSa.fahH8193of the trusty, and takethawayמֵסִ֣ירme.SirH5493the understanding of theeldersזְקֵנִ֣יםze.ke.NimH2205.
21He pourethcontemptבּ֭וּזbuzH937uponעַל־'al-H5921princesנְדִיבִ֑יםne.di.VimH5081, and looseth the belt of thestrongאֲפִיקִ֣ים'a.fi.KimH650.
22He discoverethdeepצַלְמָֽוֶת׃tzal.Ma.vetH6757thingsoutH3318ofdarknessחֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822, and bringethoutH3318tolightלָא֣וֹרla.'orH216theshadowH6757ofdeathH6757.
23He increaseth thenationsלַ֭גּוֹיִםLa.go.yimH1471, and destroyeth them: he spreadeth thenationsלַ֝גּוֹיִ֗םla.go.YimH1471abroad, and bringeth them in.
24He takethawayמֵסִ֗ירme.SirH5493theheartלֵ֭בlevH3820of thechiefsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218of thepeopleעַם־'am-H5971of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and causeth them towanderוַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗םvai.yat.'EmH8582in awildernessבְּתֹ֣הוּbe.To.huH8414whereH3808there isnoH3808wayדָֽרֶךְ׃Da.rekhH1870.
25Theygropeיְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־ye.mash.shu-H4959in thedarkחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822withoutוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808lightא֑וֹר'orH216, and he maketh them tostaggerוַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗םvai.yat.'EmH8582like adrunkenH7910manH7910.
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