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33:1  But now, listen to me, Job; pay attention to all my words.
33:2  Notice that I am opening my mouth; my tongue is speaking in my mouth.
33:3  My words come from a virtuous heart; my lips speak knowledge clearly.
33:4  God’s spirit made me; the Almighty’s breath enlivens me.
33:5  If you are able, answer me; lay out your case before me and take a stand.
33:6  Notice that I’m just like you to God; I also was pinched from clay.
33:7  Surely fear of me shouldn’t scare you; my pressure on you shouldn’t be heavy.
33:8  You certainly said in my hearing; I heard the sound of your words:
33:9  “I’m pure, without sin; I’m innocent, without offense.
33:10  Notice that he invents arguments against me; he considers me his enemy,
33:11  ties up my feet, watches all my paths.”
33:12  Now you’re wrong about this; I’ll answer you, for God is greater than anybody.
33:13  Why do you contend with him, saying that he doesn’t answer all your words?
33:14  God speaks in one way, in two ways, but no one perceives it.
33:15  In the dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon humans, during their slumber on a bed,
33:16  then he opens people’s ears, scares them with warnings,
33:17  to turn them from a deed and to smother human pride.
33:18  He keeps one from the pit, a life from perishing by the sword.
33:19  Or a person may be disciplined by pain while in bed, bones ever aching
33:20  until a person loathes food, an appetite rejects a delicacy;
33:21  the flesh wastes away, no longer visible; the bones, once hidden, protrude.
33:22  A life approaches the pit; its very being draws near the death dealers.
33:23  Surely there’s a messenger for this person, a mediator, one out of a thousand to declare one’s integrity to another
33:24  so that God has compassion on that person and says, “Rescue this one from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.”
33:25  That person’s flesh is renewed like a child’s; they regain their youth.
33:26  They pray to God, and God is pleased with them; they behold God’s presence with a joyful shout. God rewards a person’s righteousness.
33:27  They sing before people and say: “I have sinned, perverted justice, but didn’t experience the consequences.
33:28  He ransomed me from crossing into the pit; my life beholds light.”
33:29  Look, God does all this, twice, three times with persons
33:30  to bring them back from the pit, to shine with life’s light.
33:31  Listen, Job; hear me; be quiet, and I will speak.
33:32  If you have words, answer me; speak, for I want to be innocent.
33:33  If not, you must hear me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.