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15 Yet he rescues the orphan[a] from the sword of their mouth,
    the needy from the grip of the strong;
16         so the poor have hope
        and violence shuts its mouth.

Divine favor

17 Look, happy is the person whom God corrects;
    so don’t reject the Almighty’s instruction.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:15 Heb lacks orphan.

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