Job 33:13-28

13“Why do you 1complain against Him That He does not give an account of all His doings?14Indeed 2God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it.15In a 3dream, a vision of the night, When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds,16Then 4He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,17That He may turn man aside from his conduct, And 5keep man from pride;18He 6keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from 7passing over 8into Sheol.

19“9Man is also chastened with 10pain on his bed, And with unceasing complaint in his bones;20So that his life 11loathes bread, And his soul favorite food.21His 12flesh wastes away from sight, And his 13bones which were not seen stick out.22Then 14his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death.

23“If there is an angel as 15mediator for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a man what is 16right for him,24Then let him be gracious to him, and say, ‘Deliver him from 17going down to the pit, I have found a 18ransom’;25Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;26Then he will 19pray to God, and He will accept him, That 20he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His righteousness to man.27He will sing to men and say, ‘I 21have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not 22proper for me.28He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life shall 23see the light.’