This is an Ode to Wisdom - wisdom that is not discovered in computer banks, nor taught in schools and colleges, nor learned from parents, nor symbolized in Wall Street winnings. "Where, then, shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?" (v. 12).

In this age of new enlightenment, in our high tech society, this Ode to Wisdom simply doesn’t fly. When God came down from heaven to survey the Babel tower that the people back in Genesis 11 had designed, he was both amazed and amused. This colossal tower, with its head in the heavens, would become a colossal flop, just as all of our colossal towers have become since then. This symbol of human greatness would become a symbol of human folly, just as all of our greatness symbols have become since then. But when God said, "This is…