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16 So the helpless has hope,
    and injustice shuts her mouth.

17 “How happy is the man whom God corrects!
    Therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty,
18 for He wounds, but He applies the bandage;
    He injures, 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