33 But now, listen to me, Job;
        pay attention to all my words.

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.”