Job 29:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ I was a father to the needy;
    I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn’t know.
¹⁷ I broke the fangs of the wicked,
    and made him drop the prey.”

¹⁸ “I used to say: ‘I will die in my home.^[a]
    I’m going to live as many days
        as there are grains of sand on the shore.^[b]