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16 
“So the helpless have hope,
And injustice shuts its mouth.

17 
“Behold, how happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise or reject the discipline of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering].
18 
“For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief;
He wounds, but His hands also heal.

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16 So the poor(A) have hope,
    and injustice shuts its mouth.(B)

17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(C)
    so do not despise the discipline(D) of the Almighty.[a](E)
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(F)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.(G)

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Footnotes

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