Job 29:16-18

New Living Translation

¹⁶ I was a father to the poor
    and assisted strangers who needed help.
¹⁷ I broke the jaws of godless oppressors
    and plucked their victims from their teeth.

¹⁸ “I thought, ‘Surely I will die surrounded by my family
    after a long, good life.^[a]