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“I call upon you to be a witness on my behalf,
    for there is no one else to whom I can turn.
You have closed the minds of others to reason,
    but surely you will not allow them to triumph.
“Like a man who invites others to dine with him,
    while the eyes of his children are failing,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:5 This verse is a kind of proverb; i.e., those who concern themselves with others when everything is amiss in their own home are regarded as a joke by people.

“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(A)
    Who else will put up security(B) for me?(C)
You have closed their minds to understanding;(D)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.
If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(E)
    the eyes of their children will fail.(F)

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