Holy Scripture
Job 24:3
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“They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. Whom do we understand by the fatherless in this place, but the Elect of God, who are set in tenderness of mind, are nourished with the efficacious grace of faith, and do not yet see the face of their Father, Who has already died in their…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3They have led away the ass of the fatherless, And taken the widow’s ox for a pledge.
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1But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,
2While the ungodly have passed over the bound, Carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
— Job 24:3 —
4They have turned aside the weak from the right way: And the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.
5And they have departed like asses in the field, Having gone forth on my account according to their own order: His bread is sweet to his little ones.