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33:1  "However now, Job, please hear my speech, And listen to all my words.
33:2  "Behold now, I open my mouth, My tongue in my mouth speaks.
33:3  "My words are from the uprightness of my heart, And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.
33:4  "The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
33:5  "Refute me if you can; Array yourselves before me, take your stand.
33:6  "Behold, I belong to God like you; I too have been formed out of the clay.
33:7  "Behold, no fear of me should terrify you, Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you.
33:8  "Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words:
33:9  'I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.
33:10  'Behold, He invents pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy.
33:11  'He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches all my paths.'
33:12  "Behold, let me tell you, you are not right in this, For God is greater than man.
33:13  "Why do you complain against Him That He does not give an account of all His doings?
33:14  "Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it.
33:15  "In a dream, a vision of the night, When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds,
33:16  Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,
33:17  That He may turn man aside from his conduct, And keep man from pride;
33:18  He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.
33:19  "Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with unceasing complaint in his bones;
33:20  So that his life loathes bread, And his soul favorite food.
33:21  "His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones which were not seen stick out.
33:22  "Then his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death.
33:23  "If there is an angel as mediator for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a man what is right for him,
33:24  Then let him be gracious to him, and say, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom';
33:25  Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
33:26  Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, That he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His righteousness to man.
33:27  "He will sing to men and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me.
33:28  'He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life shall see the light.'
33:29  "Behold, God does all these oftentimes with men,
33:30  To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
33:31  "Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and let me speak.
33:32  "Then if you have anything to say, answer me; Speak, for I desire to justify you.
33:33  "If not, listen to me; Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom."