Job 29:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.

¹⁷ I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.

¹⁸ And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.