If then you do not tell me the dream, I know that you have conspired to utter before me a false and corrupt tale, until the time has past: now tell me my dream, and I shall know that you will also declare to me its interpretation.

And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change times and law. And [power] shall be given into his hand for a time, times and half a time.

And after his years they shall associate; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north, to make agreements with him, but she shall not retain power of arm; neither shall his seed stand: and she shall be delivered up, and they that brought her, and the maiden, and he that strengthened her in these times.

concerning all his reign, and his power, and the times which went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the earth.

And he said to his friends, Thus has Vashti spoken: pronounce therefore upon this [case] law and judgment.

For the Lord looks down upon all men, who comprehends unsearchable things, glorious also and excellent things without number.

And He destroys the ungodly, for they are seen before Him.

so as to bring before Him the cry of the needy; for He will hear the cry of the poor.

But I hoped in You, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

My times are in Your hands; deliver me from the hand of my enemies,

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to pull down, and a time to build up;

a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;

I have made the earth by My great power, and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to whomsoever it shall seem [good] in My eyes.

[This translation omits this verse.]

The matter is by the decree of the watcher, and the demand is a word of the holy ones; that the living may known that the Lord is Most High [over] the kingdom of men, and He will give it to whomever He will, and sets it over the lowest of men.

And they [shall] drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the wild beasts of the field, and they shall feed you with grass like an ox. And seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and He shall give it to whomever He chooses.

The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; He brings low, and lifts up.

He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to inherit the throne of glory;

He seats kings upon thrones, and binds their waist with a belt.

Lift not up your horn on high; speak not unrighteousness against God.

For [good comes] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains.

who lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises up the needy from the dunghill;

to set him with princes, [even] with the princes of His people;

By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.

He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

He has overthrown the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly.

And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

And removing him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom He also said bearing witness, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, [to be] a man in accordance with My [own] heart, who will do all My will.'

And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name having been written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

And I have filled him [with] a divine spirit of wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, to invent in every work,

And I have appointed with him Aholiab the [son] of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and to everyone understanding in heart I have given understanding; and they shall make all things, as many as I have commanded you,

But Your servant [is] in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, which cannot be numbered.

And it was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon asked this thing.

behold, I have done according to your word: behold, I have given you an understanding and wise heart: there has not been [anyone] like you before you, and after you there shall not arise one like you.

And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord [had] put into his heart.

Only may the Lord give you wisdom and prudence, and strengthen you over Israel, both to keep and to do the law of the Lord your God.

Now give me wisdom and understanding, I pray, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who shall judge this, Your great people?

I give you this wisdom and understanding; and I will give you wealth, and riches, and glory, so that there shall not have been [any] like you among the kings before you, neither shall there be such after you.

For the Lord gives wisdom, and from His presence come knowledge and understanding,

and He treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: He will protect their way;

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict nor to withstand.

But from Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it shall be given to him.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.