15 He saves the needy from their sharp words[a](A)
and from the clutches of the powerful.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:15 Lit from the sword of their mouth; Ps 55:21; 59:7

15 He saves the needy(A) from the sword in their mouth;
    he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.(B)

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They push the needy off the road;
the poor of the land are forced into hiding.(A)

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They thrust the needy(A) from the path
    and force all the poor(B) of the land into hiding.(C)

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14 The murderer rises at dawn
to kill the poor and needy,
and by night he becomes a thief.

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14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(A) the poor and needy,(B)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(C)

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19 if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing
or a needy person without a cloak,(A)

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19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,(A)
    or the needy(B) without garments,

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