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Job 29:16-18
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16 I was like a father to the poor.
    I helped people I didn’t even know win their case in court.
17 I stopped evil people from abusing their power
    and saved innocent people from them.[a]

18 “I always thought I would live a long life,
    growing old with my family around me.

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  1. Job 29:17 Literally, “I shattered the teeth of the crooked and snatched the victims from their teeth.”
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Job 29:16-18
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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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