⁹ But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

¹² Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.

¹³ He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

¹⁴ In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

³⁰ Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.