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33:1  "Now please listen to what I have to say, Job. Listen to every word!
33:2  Look! I've begun to speak, and I'm fashioning my words.
33:3  I speak from the innocence of my heart; and my lips will utter what I sincerely know.
33:4  "The spirit of God fashioned me; and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
33:5  Answer me, if you can! Present your case! Take your stand in my presence!
33:6  Look! As far as God is concerned, I'm just like you are— I, too, have been pinched off from a piece of clay.
33:7  Don't be afraid of me; I'll go easy on you."
33:8  "You spoke clearly so I could hear; I've heard what you've said:
33:9  I'm pure. I'm without sin; I'm innocent. I'm harboring no iniquity inside of me.
33:10  Nevertheless, God has found a pretext to attack me; he considers me his enemy.
33:11  He has bound my feet in shackles, and keeps watching everything I do.'"
33:12  "You aren't right about this; My response is that God is greater than human beings.
33:13  Why are you arguing with him? He doesn't have to give explanations for what he does to you!
33:14  "God speaks time and time again — but nobody notices—
33:15  in a dream or night vision, when a deep sleep falls on mankind while they sleep on their beds.
33:16  That's when he opens the ear of mankind, authenticating his messages to them,
33:17  turning a person from his actions, keeping him from pride,
33:18  sparing his soul from the Pit and his life from violent death.
33:19  "He is being reproved by painful bed rest, with continual aching in his bones.
33:20  He cannot stand his food, and he has no desire for appetizing food.
33:21  His flesh wastes away; his bones, which once couldn't be seen, are visible.
33:22  His soul is getting close to the Pit; his life is approaching its executioner."
33:23  "If there's a messenger appointed to mediate for Job —one out of a thousand— to represent the man's integrity on his behalf,
33:24  to show favor to him and to plead, 'Deliver him from having to go down to the Pit — I know where his ransom is!'
33:25  Let his flesh be rejuvenated as he was in his youth! Let him recover the strength of his youth.
33:26  Let him pray to God and he will accept him; he will appear before him with joyful shouts!"
33:27  "He'll sing to mankind with these words: 'I've sinned. I have twisted what is right. Yet he has not repaid me like I deserve.
33:28  He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit; my life will see the light.'
33:29  Indeed God does all these things again and again with a person
33:30  to bring back his soul from the Pit; to light him with the light of life."
33:31  "Job, pay attention! Listen to me! Be silent and let me speak.
33:32  If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, because I'd be happy to vindicate you.
33:33  But if you have nothing to say, then at least listen to me! Be quiet and learn some wisdom from me."