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15 But he saves the fatherless from their mouth,[a]
    the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor have hope,
    and injustice shuts her mouth.

17 “Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves;
    therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:15 Cn: Heb uncertain

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