Job 33:14-30

14Indeed 1God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it.15In a 2dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds,16Then 3He opens the ears of people, And horrifies them with warnings,17So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And 4keep a man from pride;18He 5keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the 6spear.

19“A person is also rebuked by 7pain in his bed, And with constant complaint in his bones,20So that his life 8loathes bread, And his soul, food 9that he should crave.21His 10flesh wastes away from sight, And his 11bones, which were not seen, stick out.22Then 12his soul comes near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death.

23“If there is an 13interceding angel for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a person of what is 14right for him,24And he is gracious to him, and says, ‘Free him from 15going down to the pit, I have found a 16ransom’;25Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;26Then he will 17pray to God, and He will accept him, So that 18he may see His face with joy, And He will restore His righteousness to that person.27He will sing to people and say, ‘I 19have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not 20proper for me.28He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life will 21see the light.’

29“Behold, God does 22all these things for a man two or three times,30To 23bring back his soul from the pit, So that he may be enlightened with the light of life.