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They drive away the donkeys of the (A)orphans;
They take the (B)widow’s ox for a pledge.
They push (C)the needy aside from the road;
The (D)afflicted of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
Behold, as (E)wild donkeys in the wilderness
They (F)go forth seeking food earnestly in their work,
The desert becomes [a]for him a place of bread for his young ones.

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  1. Job 24:5 Lit his bread

They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(A)
They thrust the needy(B) from the path
    and force all the poor(C) of the land into hiding.(D)
Like wild donkeys(E) in the desert,
    the poor go about their labor(F) of foraging food;
    the wasteland(G) provides food for their children.

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