Job 5:15

but He saveth Rather, so He saveth. The salvation of the poor is the consequence of defeating the devices of the crafty, as it is the object in view.

from the sword, from their mouth It is evident that this verse wants the usual balance of clauses, and probably there is some corruption in it. Some mss omit frombefore mouth, "from the sword of their mouth." The omission wants support, but the sense is probably that of the words as they stand: from the sword (which cometh) from their mouth; or the two expressions may be in apposition: from the swordeven from their mouth. Others have proposed to point the word from-the-sworddifferently, making it to mean the desolate. This restores balance to the verse: thus he saveth the desolate from their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the mighty. The word "desolate" occurs Ezekiel 29:12, said of cities, and the verb is often applied to lands, mountains, &c., but does not seem used of persons.