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33:1  “However, please hear my speech, Job, 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 integrity 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; Line up against 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  “You have in fact spoken while I listened, And I heard the sound of your words:
33:9  ‘I am pure, without wrongdoing; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.
33:10  Behold, He invents criticisms 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 respond to you, you are not right in this, For God is greater than mankind.
33:13  “Why do you complain to 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 deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds,
33:16  Then He opens the ears of people, And horrifies them with warnings,
33:17  So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And keep a man from pride;
33:18  He keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the spear.
33:19  “A person is also rebuked by pain in his bed, And with constant complaint in his bones,
33:20  So that his life loathes bread, And his soul, food that he should crave.
33:21  His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones, which were not seen, stick out.
33:22  Then his soul comes near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death.
33:23  “If there is an interceding angel for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a person of what is right for him,
33:24  And he is gracious to him, and says, ‘Free 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, So that he may see His face with joy, And He will restore His righteousness to that person.
33:27  He will sing to people 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 will see the light.’
33:29  “Behold, God does all these things for a man two or three times,
33:30  To bring back his soul from the pit, So that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
33:31  Pay attention, Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and let me speak.
33:32  Then if you have anything to say, answer me; Speak, for I would take pleasure in justifying you.
33:33  If not, listen to me; Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”