⁹ But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

¹² He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

¹³ He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

¹⁴ They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

³⁰ There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.