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16 “Have I ignored the needs of the poor
    or caused the eyes of widows to overflow with tears?
17 Did I ever eat my bread alone
    without sharing it with an orphan,
18 I whom God has reared like a father
    and guided ever since I left my mother’s womb?

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16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor(A)
    or let the eyes of the widow(B) grow weary,(C)
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(D)
18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow(E)

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