¹⁴ God speaks in one way,
    in two ways, but no one perceives it.
¹⁵ In the dream, a vision of the night,
    when deep sleep falls upon humans,
        during their slumber on a bed,
¹⁶     then he opens people’s ears,
        scares them with warnings,
¹⁷     to turn them from a deed
        and to smother human pride.
¹⁸ He keeps one from the pit,
    a life from perishing by the sword.
¹⁹ Or a person may be disciplined by pain
    while in bed, bones ever aching
²⁰     until a person loathes food,
        an appetite rejects a delicacy;
²¹     the flesh wastes away, no longer visible;
        the bones, once hidden, protrude.
²² A life approaches the pit;
    its very being draws near the death dealers.
²³ Surely there’s a messenger for this person,
    a mediator, one out of a thousand
    to declare one’s integrity to another
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.”
²⁵ That person’s flesh is renewed like a child’s;
    they regain their youth.
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.
²⁷     They sing before people and say:
    “I have sinned, perverted justice,
    but didn’t experience the consequences.
²⁸ He ransomed me from crossing into the pit;
    my life beholds light.”
²⁹ Look, God does all this,
        twice, three times with persons
³⁰     to bring them back from the pit,
        to shine with life’s light.

² From the mouths of nursing babies
    you have laid a strong foundation
    because of your foes,
    in order to stop vengeful enemies.