16 I was a father to the needy,
and I examined the case of the stranger.
17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust(A)
and snatched the prey from his teeth.

18 So I thought: I will die in my own nest
and multiply my days as the sand.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:18 Or as the phoenix

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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