Job 33:1-33 LSB

[1] “However now, Job, please hear my speech, And give ear to all my words. [2] “Behold now, I open my mouth; My tongue in my mouth speaks. [3] “My words are from the uprightness of my heart, And my lips speak knowledge sincerely. [4] “The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life. [5] “Respond to me if you can; Arrange yourselves before me, take your stand. [6] “Behold, I belong to God like you; I too have been formed out of the clay. [7] “Behold, no dread of me should terrify you, Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you. [8] “Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your speech: [9] ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no guilt in me. [10] ‘Behold, He finds reasons for opposition against me; He counts me as His enemy. [11] ‘He puts my feet in the stocks; He keeps watch over all my paths.’ [12] “Behold, let me answer you; you are not right in this, For God is greater than mortal man. [13] “Why do you contend against Him? For He does not give an answer for all His doings. [14] “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one perceives it. [15] “In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds, [16] Then He opens the ears of men, And seals in their discipline, [17] That He may turn man aside from his conduct, And keep man from pride; [18] He holds back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over to death by a weapon. [19] “Man is also reproved with pain on his bed, And with unceasing contention in his bones, [20] So that his life loathes bread, And his soul favorite food. [21] “His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones which were not seen stick out. [22] “Then his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death. [23] “If there is an angel as mediator for him, One out of a thousand, To declare to a man what is right for him, [24] Then let him be gracious to him, and say, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found atonement’; [25] Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor; [26] Then he will entreat God, and He will accept him, And he will see His face with joyful shouts, And He may restore His righteousness to man. [27] “He will sing to men and say, ‘I have sinned and perverted what is right, But He has not done what is due to me. [28] ‘He has redeemed my soul from passing into the pit, And my life shall see the light.’ [29] “Behold, God does all these things twice, three times with men, [30] To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life. [31] “Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and I will speak. [32] “Then if you have any speech, respond to me; Speak, for I desire to prove you righteous. [33] “If not, listen to me; Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”