כִּ֣י אָמַ֗ר בְּכֹ֤חַ יָדִי֙ עָשִׂ֔יתִי וּבְחָכְמָתִ֖י כִּ֣י נְבֻנ֑וֹתִי וְאָסִ֣יר ׀ גְּבוּלֹ֣ת עַמִּ֗ים ועתידתיהם [וַעֲתוּדֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙] שׁוֹשֵׂ֔תִי וְאוֹרִ֥יד כַּאבִּ֖יר יוֹשְׁבִֽים׃
Sapagkat kanyang sinabi: “Sa lakas ng aking kamay ay nagawa ko ito, at sa aking karunungan, sapagkat ako'y matalino. Inalis ko ang mga hangganan ng mga bayan, sinamsam ko ang kanilang mga kayamanan, at ibinaba ko ang napakaraming naninirahan;
Duties of the Heart
Rather, he will consider it that he himself is the creator of his good fortune, that he has acquired it with his own strength and ingenuity, as written about Sancheriv "by the strength of my hand I have accomplished" (Yeshaya 10:13), and about Nebuchadnezar "Is this not the great Babylon, which I built for a royal palace with the strength of my power and for the honor of my glory?" (Daniel 4:27), and Pharaoh "My river is my own..." (Yechezkel 29:3), and you already know what swiftly followed their boastful proclamations - the destruction of their kingdom and their land.