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They lie all night naked without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast,
And [a]take a pledge of the poor;

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  1. Job 24:9 Or, take in pledge that which is on the poor

Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
    they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(A)
They are drenched(B) by mountain rains
    and hug(C) the rocks for lack of shelter.(D)
The fatherless(E) child is snatched(F) from the breast;
    the infant of the poor is seized(G) for a debt.(H)

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