Job 33:1-33 NASB

[1] “However, please hear my speech, Job, And listen to all my words. [2] “Behold now, I open my mouth, My tongue in my mouth speaks. [3] “My words are from the integrity 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] “Refute me if you can; Line up against me, take your stand. [6] “Behold, I belong to God, like you; I too have been formed out of the clay. [7] “Behold, no fear of me should terrify you, Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you. [8] “You have in fact spoken while I listened, And I heard the sound of your words: [9] ‘I am pure, without wrongdoing; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me. [10] ‘Behold, He invents criticisms against me; He counts me as His enemy. [11] ‘He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches all my paths.’ [12] “Behold, let me respond to you, you are not right in this, For God is greater than mankind. [13] “Why do you complain to Him That He does not give an account of all His doings? [14] “Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. [15] “In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds, [16] Then He opens the ears of people, And horrifies them with warnings, [17] So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And keep a man from pride; [18] He keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the spear. [19] “A person is also rebuked by pain in his bed, And with constant complaint in his bones, [20] So that his life loathes bread, And his soul, food that he should crave. [21] “His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones, which were not seen, stick out. [22] “Then his soul comes near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death. [23] “If there is an interceding angel for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a person of what is right for him, [24] And he is gracious to him, and says, ‘Free him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom’; [25] Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor; [26] Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, So that he may see His face with joy, And He will restore His righteousness to that person. [27] “He will sing to people and say, ‘I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me. [28] ‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life will see the light.’ [29] “Behold, God does all these things for a man two or three times, [30] To bring back his soul from the pit, So that he may be enlightened with the light of life. [31] “Pay attention, Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and let me speak. [32] “Then if you have anything to say, answer me; Speak, for I would take pleasure in justifying you. [33] “If not, listen to me; Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”