Who would we rather be?

Today's readings offer quite a contrast.

In the first reading (Isaiah 10:5-7, 13b-16), we have a flagrant display of arrogance and power.

For he says:
"By my own power I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I am shrewd.
I have moved the boundaries of peoples,
their treasures I have pillaged,
and, like a giant, I have put down the enthroned.
My hand has seized like a nest
the riches of nations."

But in the Gospel (Matthew 11:25-27), our Lord says,

I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to the childlike.

Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.

All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows the Son except the Father,
and no one knows the Father except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.

This contrast is repeated by our Lord's blessed mother in her Magnificat (Luke 1:50-52):

He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.

He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.

He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.

Who would we rather be?

How should we live?

How should we pray?