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16 I was like a father to needy people.
    I stood up for strangers in court.
17 Sinners are like animals that have powerful teeth.
    But I took from their mouths the people they had caught.

18 “I thought, ‘I’ll die in my own house.
    The days of my life will be as many as the grains of sand.

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16 I was a father to the needy;(A)
    I took up the case(B) of the stranger.(C)
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
    and snatched the victims(D) from their teeth.(E)

18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
    my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(F)

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