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)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(C)
    I have found a ransom for them(D)
25 let their flesh be renewed(E) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’(F)
26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,(G)
    they will see God’s face and shout for joy;(H)
    he will restore them to full well-being.(I)
27 And they will go to others and say,
    ‘I have sinned,(J) I have perverted what is right,(K)
    but I did not get what I deserved.(L)
28 God has delivered(M) me from going down to the pit,(N)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(O)

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23 Then, if there should be for one of them an angel,
    a mediator, one of a thousand,
    one who declares a person upright,(A)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says,
    ‘Deliver him from going down into the Pit;
    I have found a ransom;(B)
25 let his flesh become fresh with youth;
    let him return to the days of his youthful vigor,’(C)
26 then he prays to God and is accepted by him;
    he comes into his presence with joy,
and God[a] repays him for his righteousness.(D)
27     That person sings to others and says,
‘I sinned and perverted what was right,
    and it was not paid back to me.(E)
28 He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
    and my life shall see the light.’(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 33.26 Heb he