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33:1  “But now, Job, listen to my words and give ear to everything I say.
33:2  See now, I open my mouth; my tongue in my mouth speaks.
33:3  My words are from my upright heart; my lips speak sincerely what they know.
33:4  “The Ruach of God has made me; the breath of Shaddai gives me life.
33:5  Answer me, if you can; array yourselves before me; take your stand!
33:6  Look, I am the same as you before God; I too am formed from clay.
33:7  See, no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.
33:8  “Indeed, you have said in my hearing, —I heard the sound of the words:
33:9  ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, without iniquity.
33:10  Yet, He has found fault with me; He considers me His enemy.
33:11  He puts my feet in the shackles; He watches closely all my paths.’
33:12  “But in this, you are not right— I answer you, for God is greater than a mortal.
33:13  Why do you contend against Him that He does not answer all His words.
33:14  Indeed, God speaks once, even twice, yet no one perceives it.
33:15  “In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, as they slumber in bed,
33:16  Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction,
33:17  in order to turn a man from his conduct and to cover a person’s pride.
33:18  He spares his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
33:19  Or a person is chastened with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
33:20  so that his life loathes bread, and his soul, desirable food.
33:21  His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, once unseen, now stick out.
33:22  His soul draws near to the Pit and his life to the messengers of death.
33:23  “If there is an angel beside him, a messenger, one out of a thousand, to declare to a man his uprightness,
33:24  then He is gracious to him, and says ‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit— I have found a ransom;’
33:25  let his flesh be restored like a child’s; let him return to the days of his youth.’
33:26  He entreats God and is accepted by Him; he sees His face with a shout of joy; He restores to the man his righteousness.
33:27  He sings to others, saying, ‘I have sinned and perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.
33:28  He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and my life sees the light.’
33:29  “Indeed, God does all these things, twice, even three times with a man,
33:30  to bring his soul back from the Pit, that he may be illuminated with the light of life.
33:31  Pay attention, Job, listen to me; Be silent, and I will speak.
33:32  If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I want to justify you.
33:33  If not, then listen to me. Be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”