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16 
“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
17 
Or have eaten my morsel [of food] alone,
And did not share it with the orphan
18 
(But from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father,
And from my mother’s womb I have been the widow’s guide),

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16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor(A)
    or let the eyes of the widow(B) grow weary,(C)
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(D)
18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow(E)

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