10 My whole being will exclaim,
    “Who is like you,(A) Lord?
You rescue the poor from those too strong(B) for them,
    the poor and needy(C) from those who rob them.”

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12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor(A)
    and upholds the cause(B) of the needy.(C)

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11 Who among the gods
    is like you,(A) Lord?
Who is like you—
    majestic in holiness,(B)
awesome in glory,(C)
    working wonders?(D)

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31 For he stands at the right hand(A) of the needy,
    to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

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Among the gods(A) there is none like you,(B) Lord;
    no deeds can compare with yours.

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19 Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,(A)
    you who have done great things.(B)
    Who is like you, God?(C)

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Let me hear joy and gladness;(A)
    let the bones(B) you have crushed rejoice.

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17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,(A)
    from my foes, who were too strong for me.(B)

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Because of your wrath there is no health(A) in my body;
    there is no soundness in my bones(B) because of my sin.

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20 he protects all his bones,
    not one of them will be broken.(A)

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When I kept silent,(A)
    my bones wasted away(B)
    through my groaning(C) all day long.

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14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.(A)
My heart has turned to wax;(B)
    it has melted(C) within me.

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14 But you, God, see the trouble(A) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;(B)
    you are the helper(C) of the fatherless.

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25 “To whom will you compare me?(A)
    Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.(B)

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18 With whom, then, will you compare God?(A)
    To what image(B) will you liken him?

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Saying 2

22 Do not exploit the poor(A) because they are poor
    and do not crush the needy in court,(B)
23 for the Lord will take up their case(C)
    and will exact life for life.(D)

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For my days vanish like smoke;(A)
    my bones(B) burn like glowing embers.

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For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?(A)
In the council(B) of the holy ones(C) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.(D)
Who is like you,(E) Lord God Almighty?(F)
    You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

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33 The Lord hears the needy(A)
    and does not despise his captive people.

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14 The wicked draw the sword(A)
    and bend the bow(B)
to bring down the poor and needy,(C)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.

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This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
    he saved him out of all his troubles.(A)

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24 For he has not despised(A) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;(B)
he has not hidden his face(C) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.(D)

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19 “Or someone may be chastened(A) on a bed of pain(B)
    with constant distress in their bones,(C)
20 so that their body finds food(D) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(E)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,(F) once hidden, now stick out.(G)
22 They draw near to the pit,(H)
    and their life to the messengers of death.[a](I)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,(J) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,(K)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(L)
    I have found a ransom for them(M)
25 let their flesh be renewed(N) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’(O)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead

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)

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Who should not fear(A) you,
    King of the nations?(B)
    This is your due.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
    and in all their kingdoms,
    there is no one like you.

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