Job 33:19-28

New International Version

¹⁹ “Or someone may be chastened^(A) on a bed of pain^(B)
    with constant distress in their bones,^(C)
20 so that their body finds food^(D) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.^(E)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,^(F) once hidden, now stick out.^(G)
22 They draw near to the pit,^(H)
    and their life to the messengers of death.^[a](I)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,^(J) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,^(K)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;^(L)
    I have found a ransom for them^(M)—
²⁵ let their flesh be renewed^(N) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’^(O)—
²⁶ then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,^(P)
    they will see God’s face and shout for joy;^(Q)
    he will restore them to full well-being.^(R)
27 And they will go to others and say,
    ‘I have sinned,^(S) I have perverted what is right,^(T)
    but I did not get what I deserved.^(U)
28 God has delivered^(V) me from going down to the pit,^(W)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’^(X)