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17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
    and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from his youth I reared him as a father,
    and from his mother’s womb I guided him[a]);
19 if I have seen any one perish for lack of clothing,
    or a poor man without covering;

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  1. Job 31:18 Cn: Heb for from my youth he grew up to me as a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided her

17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(A)
18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow(B)
19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,(C)
    or the needy(D) without garments,

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