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If there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand, to declare for man his uprightness,

His flesh shall be fresher than in vigor; let him return to the days of his youth.

He will pray to God, and He will accept him, and he will see His face with exultation; for He will restore to man his righteousness.

to bring back his soul from the Pit, to be illuminated with the light of the living.

If He sets His heart on him, if He gathers his Spirit and his breath to Himself,

How much less to Him who does not lift up the face of rulers, nor regard the rich before the poor; for all of them are the work of His hands.

For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees all his steps.

for so they turned from following Him, and they did not consider all His ways so as

And He gives rest; who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him? Even it may be against a nation and a man together,

Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words are not with insight.

Would that Job may be tried to the end, because his answers are like men of iniquity.

For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.

And now, because His anger has not visited, and He does not recognize great stupidity,

even Job vainly opens his mouth; he multiplies words without knowledge.

He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, but they are like kings on the throne; yea, He causes them to sit forever, and they are very high.

He delivers the afflicted by his affliction, and He opens their ears by oppression.

For beware wrath, that He not lure you with His scorn; then a great ransom cannot turn you aside.

Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?

Who has appointed Him His way; or who can say, You have done wrong?

Remember that you magnify His work, of which men have sung;