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16 I was a father to the poor and needy; the cause of him I did not know I searched out.

17 And I broke the jaws or the big teeth of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

18 Then I said, I shall die in or beside my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the 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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