19 A person may be disciplined on his bedv with pain

and constant distress in his bones,a

20 so that he detests bread,

and his soul despises his favorite food.b

21 His flesh wastes away to nothing,A

and his unseen bones stick out.

22 He draws near to the Pit,

and his life to the executioners.

23 If there is an angelc on his side,

one mediator out of a thousand,

to tell a person what is right for himB

24 and to be gracious to him and say,

“Spare him from going down to the Pit;

I have found a ransom,”d