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33:1 "But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words. 33:2 See, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks. 33:3 My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely. 33:4 The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. 33:5 Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand. 33:6 See, before God I am as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay. 33:7 No fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy on you. 33:8 "Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words. 33:9 You say, 'I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me. 33:10 Look, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy; 33:11 he puts my feet in the stocks, and watches all my paths.' 33:12 "But in this you are not right. I will answer you: God is greater than any mortal. 33:13 Why do you contend against him, saying, 'He will answer none of my words'? 33:14 For God speaks in one way, and in two, though people do not perceive it. 33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on mortals, while they slumber on their beds, 33:16 then he opens their ears, and terrifies them with warnings, 33:17 that he may turn them aside from their deeds, and keep them from pride, 33:18 to spare their souls from the Pit, their lives from traversing the River. 33:19 They are also chastened with pain upon their beds, and with continual strife in their bones, 33:20 so that their lives loathe bread, and their appetites dainty food. 33:21 Their flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and their bones, once invisible, now stick out. 33:22 Their souls draw near the Pit, and their lives to those who bring death. 33:23 Then, if there should be for one of them an angel, a mediator, one of a thousand, one who declares a person upright, 33:24 and he is gracious to that person, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the Pit; I have found a ransom; 33:25 let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor.' 33:26 Then he prays to God, and is accepted by him, he comes into his presence with joy, and God repays him for his righteousness. 33:27 That person sings to others and says, 'I sinned, and perverted what was right, and it was not paid back to me. 33:28 He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and my life shall see the light.' 33:29 "God indeed does all these things, twice, three times, with mortals, 33:30 to bring back their souls from the Pit, so that they may see the light of life. 33:31 Pay heed, Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. 33:32 If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you. 33:33 If not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."