¹⁶ he may speak^(A) in their ears
    and terrify them^(B) with warnings,^(C)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
    and keep them from pride,^(D)
18 to preserve them from the pit,^(E)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.^[a](F)

²³ Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,^(A) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,^(B)