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16 I was an av to the evyonim (needy); and the cause which I knew not I investigated.

17 And I broke the fangs of the wicked, and plucked the prey out of his shinayim.

18 Then I said, I shall die in my ken (nest, house), and I shall multiply my yamim like the chol (sand).

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16 I was a father to the needy;(A)
    I took up the case(B) of the stranger.(C)
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
    and snatched the victims(D) from their teeth.(E)

18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
    my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(F)

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