23 “If there is an (A)interceding angel for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a person of what is [a]right for him,
24 And he is gracious to him, and says,
‘Free him from (B)going down to the pit,
I have found a (C)ransom’;
25 Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,
Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
26 Then he will (D)pray to God, and He will accept him,
So that (E)he may see His face with joy,
And He will restore His righteousness to that person.
27 He will sing to people and say,
‘I (F)have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not (G)proper for me.
28 He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life will (H)see the light.’

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  1. Job 33:23 Lit his uprightness

23 If there be for him an angel,
    a mediator, one of the thousand,
    to declare to man what is right for him;
24 and he is gracious to him, and says,
    ‘Deliver him from going down into the Pit,
    I have found a ransom;
25 let his flesh become fresh with youth;
    let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;
26 then man prays to God, and he accepts him,
    he comes into his presence with joy.
He recounts[a] to men his salvation,
27     and he sings before men, and says:
‘I sinned, and perverted what was right,
    and it was not requited to me.
28 He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit,
    and my life shall see the light.’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:26 Cn: Heb returns