## With him are strength and wisdom ##

"God is strong and wise"

## the deceived and the deceiver are both in his power ##

AT: "God controls both the person who is cheated and the person who misleads."

## He leads counselors away barefoot in sorrow ##

"He makes advisers feel sad and ashamed."

## barefoot in sorrow ##

This may refer the advisers being stripped of their glorious clothing and made to feel ashamed like a poor person with no shoes.

## he turns judges into fools ##

"he takes wisdom away from those who are in charge in a law court"

## judge ##

"the person who is in charge in a court of law and who makes the decisions about court cases"

## He takes off the chain of authority from kings; he wraps a cloth about their waists ##

God removes a symbol of power and replaces it with a common person's clothing. God dismisses a king from his elevated place.

## He takes off the chain of authority from kings ##

AT: "He takes off the royal belt from rulers"

## he wraps a cloth about their waists ##

AT: "he puts a plain belt on them"