15  ^sWhat is crooked cannot be made straight,

and what is lacking cannot be counted.

6  and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!

For he is manifold in ^hunderstanding.¹

Know then that God ⁱexacts of you less than your guilt deserves.

29  When he is quiet, who can condemn?

When he hides his face, who can behold him,

whether it be a nation or a man?—

12  For the protection of wisdom is like ^uthe protection of money,

and the advantage of knowledge is that ^vwisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

13  Consider ^wthe work of God:

^xwho can make straight what he has made crooked?

4  ^fEvery valley shall be lifted up,

and every mountain and hill be made low;

the uneven ground shall become level,

and the rough places a plain.

37  ^eWho has spoken and it came to pass,

unless the Lord has commanded it?

35  ^rall the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,

and ^she does according to his will among the host of heaven

and among the inhabitants of the earth;

^tand none can stay his hand

or ^usay to him, “What have you done?”