23 ^aHe¹ makes nations great, and destroys them;
He enlarges nations, and guides them. ‡

24 He takes away the¹ understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,
And ^amakes them wander in a pathless wilderness. ‡

25 ^aThey grope in the dark without light,
And He makes them ^bstagger like a drunken man. ‡