Job 33:18-24

18He spares his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

19Or a person is chastened with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,

20so that his life loathes bread, and his soul, desirable food.

21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, once unseen, now stick out.

22His soul draws near to the Pit and his life to the messengers of death.

23“If there is an angel beside him, a messenger, one out of a thousand, to declare to a man his uprightness,

24then He is gracious to him, and says ‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit— I have found a ransom;’