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² You think you are so great,
    with all the answers.
³ But I know as much as you do,
    and so does everyone else.
⁴ I have always lived right,
and God answered my prayers;
    now friends make fun of me.
⁵ It's easy to condemn
those who are suffering,
    when you have no troubles.
⁶ Robbers and other godless people
live safely at home
and say,
    "God is in our hands!"^[a]

⁷ If you want to learn,
    then go and ask
the wild animals and the birds,
⁸     the flowers and the fish.
⁹ Any of them can tell you
    what the Lord has done.^[b]
10 Every living creature
    is in the hands of God.

¹¹ We hear with our ears,
    taste with our tongues,
¹² and gain some wisdom from those
    who have lived a long time.
¹³ But God is the real source
    of wisdom and strength.
¹⁴ No one can rebuild
what he destroys,
or release
    those he has imprisoned.
¹⁵ God can hold back the rain
    or send a flood,
¹⁶ just as he rules over liars
    and those they lie to.

¹⁷ God destroys counselors,
turns judges into fools,
¹⁸     and makes slaves of kings.
¹⁹ God removes priests and others
    who have great power—
²⁰ he confuses wise,
    experienced advisors,
²¹ puts mighty kings to shame,
    and takes away their power.
²² God turns darkness to light;
²³ he makes nations strong,
    then shatters their strength.
²⁴ God strikes their rulers senseless,
then leaves them to roam
    through barren deserts,
²⁵ lost in the dark, staggering
    like someone drunk.