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Job 29:12-18 New Living Translation (NLT)

12. For I assisted the poor in their needand the orphans who required help.

13. I helped those without hope, and they blessed me.And I caused the widows’ hearts to sing for joy.

14. Everything I did was honest.Righteousness covered me like a robe,and I wore justice like a turban.

15. I served as eyes for the blindand feet for the lame.

16. I was a father to the poorand assisted strangers who needed help.

17. I broke the jaws of godless oppressorsand plucked their victims from their teeth.

18. “I thought, ‘Surely I will die surrounded by my familyafter a long, good life.

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