12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not  execute wisdom.
         
                                
                        13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of  wrestling ones was hastened,
         
                                
                        14 By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at  noon.
         
                                
                        15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a  strong hand the needy,
         
                                
                        16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut  her mouth.
         
                                
                        17 Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And  the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
         
                                
                        18 For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His  hands heal.