Job 33 — ULB

33Verse 1So now, Job, I beg you, hear my speech;
listen to all my words.
^{Verse 2}See now, I have opened my mouth;
my tongue has spoken in my mouth.
^{Verse 3}My words come from the uprightness of my heart;
my lips speak pure knowledge.
^{Verse 4}The Spirit of God has made me;
the breath of the Almighty has given me life.
^{Verse 5}If you can, answer me;
set your words in order before me and stand up.
^{Verse 6}See, I am just as you are in God's sight;
I also have been formed out of the clay.
^{Verse 7}See, terror of me will not make you afraid;
neither will my pressure be heavy upon you.^{Verse 8}You have certainly spoken in my hearing;
I have heard the sound of your words saying,
^{Verse 9}'I am clean and without transgression;
I am innocent, and there is no sin in me.
^{Verse 10}See, God finds opportunities to attack me;
he regards me as his enemy.
^{Verse 11}He puts my feet in stocks;
he watches all my paths.'
^{Verse 12}See, in this you are not right—I will answer you,
for God is greater than man.^{Verse 13}Why do you struggle against him?
He does not account for any of his doings.
^{Verse 14}For God speaks once—
yes, twice, though man does not notice it.
^{Verse 15}In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls upon men,
in slumber on the bed—
^{Verse 16}then God opens the ears of men,
and frightens them with threats,
^{Verse 17}in order to pull man back from his sinful purposes,
and keep pride from him.
^{Verse 18}God keeps man's life back from the pit,
his life from crossing over to death.^{Verse 19}Man is punished also with pain on his bed,
with constant agony in his bones,
^{Verse 20}so that his life abhors food,
and his soul abhors delicacies.
^{Verse 21}His flesh is consumed away so that it cannot be seen;
his bones, once not seen, now stick out.
^{Verse 22}Indeed, his soul draws close to the pit,
his life to those who wish to destroy it.^{Verse 23}But if there is an angel who can be a mediator for him,
a mediator, one from among the thousands of angels,
to show him what is right to do,
^{Verse 24}and if the angel is kind to him and says to God,
'Save this person from going down to the pit;
I have found a ransom for him,'
^{Verse 25}then his flesh will become fresher than a child's;
he will return to the days of his youthful strength.
^{Verse 26}He will pray to God, and God will be kind to him,
so that he sees God's face with joy.
God will give the person his triumph.
^{Verse 27}Then that person will sing in front of other people and say,
'I sinned and perverted that which was right,
but my sin was not punished.
^{Verse 28}God has rescued my soul from going down into the pit;
my life will continue to see light.'^{Verse 29}See, God does all these things with a person,
twice, yes, even three times,
^{Verse 30}to bring his soul back from the pit,
so that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
^{Verse 31}Pay attention, Job, and listen to me;
be silent and I will speak.
^{Verse 32}If you have anything to say, answer me;
speak, for I wish to prove that you are in the right.
^{Verse 33}If not, then listen to me;
remain silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”