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16 I was a father to the needy.
    I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
17 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous
    and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18 Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house,
    I will count 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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