Job 33 — UBES

33Verse 1Howbeit hear, Job, my words,
And hearken to my speech.
^{Verse 2}For behold, I have opened my mouth,
And my tongue has spoken.
^{Verse 3}My heart shall be found pure by my words;
And the understanding of my lips shall meditate purity.
^{Verse 4}The Divine Spirit is that which formed me,
And the breath of the Almighty that which teaches me.
^{Verse 5}If thou canst, give me an answer:
Wait therefore; stand against me, and I will stand against thee.
^{Verse 6}Thou art formed out of the clay as also I:
We have been formed out of the same substance.
^{Verse 7}My fear shall not terrify thee,
Neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.^{Verse 8}But thou hast said in mine ears
(I have heard the voice of thy words);
Because thou sayest, I am pure, not having sinned;
^{Verse 9}I am blameless, for I have not transgressed.
^{Verse 10}Yet he has discovered a charge against me,
And he has reckoned me as an adversary.
^{Verse 11}And he has put my foot in the stocks,
And has watched all my ways.
^{Verse 12}For how sayest thou, I am righteous, yet he has not hearkened to me?
For he that is above mortals is eternal.^{Verse 13}But thou sayest, Why has he not heard every word of my cause?
^{Verse 14}For when the Lord speaks once,
Or a second time,^{Verse 15}
sending a dream,
Or in the meditation of the night
(As when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men,
In slumberings on the bed):
^{Verse 16}Then opens he the understanding of men:
He scares them with such fearful visions:
^{Verse 17}To turn a man from unrighteousness,
And he delivers his body from a fall.
^{Verse 18}He spares also his soul from death,
And suffers him not to fall in war.^{Verse 19}And again, he chastens him with sickness on his bed,
And the multitude of his bones is benumbed.
^{Verse 20}And he shall not be able to take any food,
Though his soul shall desire meat;
^{Verse 21}Until his flesh shall be consumed,
And he shall show his bones bare.
^{Verse 22}His soul also draws nigh to death,
And his life is in Hades.
^{Verse 23}Though there should be a thousand messengers of death,
Not one of them shall wound him:
If he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord,
And declare to man his fault,
And show his folly;
^{Verse 24}He will support him, that he should not perish,
And will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall;
And he will fill his bones with marrow.
^{Verse 25}And he will make his flesh tender as that of a babe,
And he will restore him among men in his full strength.
^{Verse 26}And he shall pray to the Lord, and his prayer shall be accepted of him;
He shall enter with a cheerful countenance, with a full expression of praise:
For he will render to men their due.
^{Verse 27}Even then a man shall blame himself, saying,
What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins.
^{Verse 28}Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction,
And my life shall see the light.^{Verse 29}Behold, all these things the Mighty One works
In a threefold manner with a man.
^{Verse 30}And he has delivered my soul from death,
That my life may praise him in the light.^{Verse 31}Hearken, Job, and hear me:
Be silent, and I will speak.
^{Verse 32}If thou hast words, answer me:
Speak, for I desire thee to be justified.
^{Verse 33}If not, do thou hear me:
Be silent, and I will teach thee.