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16 (A)I have never refused to help the poor;
    never have I let widows live in despair
17     or let orphans go hungry while I ate.
18 All my life I have taken care of them.[a]

19 When I found someone in need,
    too poor to buy clothes,
20     I would give him clothing made of wool
    that had come from my own flock of sheep.
Then he would praise me with all his heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:18 All my life … them; Hebrew unclear.

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