Job 33:14–28

¹⁴For God ^yspeaks in one way,

^zand in two, though man ^adoes not perceive it.

¹⁵In ^ba dream, in ^ca vision of ^dthe night,

when ^cdeep sleep falls on men,

while they slumber on their beds,

¹⁶then he ^eopens the ears of men

and terrifies³ them with warnings,

¹⁷that he may turn man aside from his ^fdeed

and conceal pride from a man;

¹⁸he keeps back his soul from the pit,

his life from ^gperishing by the sword.

¹⁹“Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed

and with continual strife in his ^hbones,

²⁰so that his ⁱlife loathes bread,

and his appetite ^jthe choicest food.

²¹His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,

and his bones that were not seen ^kstick out.

²²His soul draws near ^lthe pit,

and his life to ^mthose who bring death.

²³If there be for him ⁿan angel,

^oa mediator, ^pone of the thousand,

to declare to man what is ^qright for him,

²⁴and he is merciful to him, and says,

‘Deliver him from going down into the pit;

I have found ^ra ransom;

²⁵let his flesh ^sbecome fresh with youth;

let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;

²⁶then man^{4 t}prays to God, and he accepts him;

he ^usees his face with a shout of joy,

and he ^vrestores to man his righteousness.

²⁷He sings before men and says:

‘I ^wsinned and perverted what was right,

and it was not repaid to me.

²⁸He has redeemed my ^xsoul from going down ^yinto the pit,

and my life shall ^zlook upon the light.’