19He leads priests away stripped

and overthrows men long established.

20He silences the lips of trusted advisers

and takes away the discernment of elders.

21He pours contempt on nobles

and disarms the mighty.

22He reveals the deep things of darkness

and brings deep shadows into the light.

23He makes nations great, and destroys them;

he enlarges nations, and disperses them.

24He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;

he sends them wandering through a trackless waste.

25They grope in darkness with no light;

he makes them stagger like drunkards.