⁷ The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

¹² When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.

³⁶ You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

⁶ And they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.

³⁰ They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

³¹ So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

³² For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

¹⁰ The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.

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²² Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

⁶ It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

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 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.

³¹ And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.