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15 He saves poor people when wicked people attack them.
    He rescues weak people from the power of strong people.
16 So poor people can hope for justice.
    Wicked people have to be quiet.
17 If Almighty God warns you to do what is right,
    he has blessed you.
So do not be upset when he decides to do that.

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15 He saves the needy(A) from the sword in their mouth;
    he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.(B)
16 So the poor(C) have hope,
    and injustice shuts its mouth.(D)

17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(E)
    so do not despise the discipline(F) of the Almighty.[a](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job