²⁰ Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.

⁹ The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.

⁴ For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

²⁴ Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way!

¹⁷ For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding:

²¹ The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

¹⁹ The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.

²² An abomination to Jehovah `are' lying lips, And stedfast doers `are' his delight.

¹ For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water.

² Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,

³ Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.