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33:1  “Therefore, Job, I pray, hear my speeches, and listen to all my words.
33:2  Behold, now I have opened my mouth; my tongue has spoken in my mouth.
33:3  My words will be from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge clearly.
33:4  The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.
33:5  If you can answer me, set your words in order before me; stand up.
33:6  Surely I am before God like you; I also am formed out of the clay.
33:7  Indeed, no dread of me will make you afraid, nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
33:8  “Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words, saying,
33:9  ‘I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, nor is there iniquity in me.
33:10  Behold, He finds occasions against me, He counts me for His enemy;
33:11  He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.’
33:12  “Look, in this you are not just. I will answer you, that God is greater than man.
33:13  Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give an accounting for any of His words.
33:14  For God speaks once, yes twice, yet man does not perceive it.
33:15  In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumber on their beds,
33:16  then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
33:17  that He might turn aside man from his purpose, and conceal pride from man.
33:18  He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
33:19  “He is also chastened with pain on his bed, and with strong pain in many of his bones,
33:20  so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
33:21  His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.
33:22  Yes, his soul draws near to the grave, and his life to the executioners.
33:23  If there is a messenger for him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
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  His flesh will be fresher than a child’s; he will return to the days of his youth;
33:26  he will pray to God, and He will be favorable unto him, and he will see His face with joy, for He will render unto man His righteousness.
33:27  Then he looks at men and says, ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right, and it did not profit me.’
33:28  He will deliver his soul from going down to the pit, and his life will see the light.
33:29  “Behold, God works all these things, twice, three times with man,
33:30  to bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
33:31  “Pay attention, Job, listen to me; hold your peace, and I will speak.
33:32  If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.
33:33  If not, listen to me; hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”