Job 33:14–28

¹⁴“Indeed ^aGod speaks once,

Or twice, yet no one notices it.

¹⁵“In a ^adream, a vision of the night,

When sound sleep falls on men,

While they slumber in their beds,

¹⁶Then ^aHe opens the ears of men,

And seals their instruction,

¹⁷That He may turn man aside from his conduct,

And ¹keep man from pride;

¹⁸He ^akeeps back his soul from the pit,

And his life from ¹passing over ^binto Sheol.

¹⁹“¹Man is also chastened with ^apain on his bed,

And with unceasing complaint in his bones;

²⁰So that his life ^aloathes bread,

And his soul favorite food.

²¹“His ^aflesh wastes away from sight,

And his ^bbones which were not seen stick out.

²²“Then ^ahis soul draws near to the pit,

And his life to those who bring death.

²³“If there is an angel as ^amediator for him,

One out of a thousand,

To remind a man what is ¹right for him,

²⁴Then let him be gracious to him, and say,

‘Deliver him from ^agoing down to the pit,

I have found a ^bransom’;

²⁵Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,

Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;

²⁶Then he will ^apray to God, and He will accept him,

That ^bhe may see His face with joy,

And He may restore His righteousness to man.

²⁷“He will sing to men and say,

‘I ^ahave sinned and perverted what is right,

And it is not ^bproper for me.

²⁸‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,

And my life shall ^asee the light.’