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16 He gives hope to the poor and silences the wicked.

17 (A)Happy is the person whom God corrects!
    Do not resent it when he rebukes you.
18 (B)God bandages the wounds he makes;
    his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.

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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