Job 33:23-28

The Voice

²³     If there is a heavenly messenger at one’s side, a mediator,
        even just one out of the thousand in his regime of God’s messengers,
        to proclaim what is right for that person according to God,
²⁴     And to be gracious to him and to say,
        “Spare this one from descending into the pit;
        I have found a ransom that will save his life!
²⁵     Then his skin will be renewed, as smooth and fresh as a child’s,
        and he will be restored to the vim and vigor of his youth.”
²⁶     He will make his appeal to God, and God will grant acceptance;
        he will see God’s face and shout with joy,
        knowing God has restored his right standing.
²⁷     Then he comes to his fellow humans and sings out,
        “I sinned and perverted what I knew to be right,
        but God has not repaid me what I deserved.
²⁸     He has instead paid that ransom
        and spared me from descending into the pit
        and my life now sees the light.”