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"If there is an interceding angel for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a person of what is right for him,

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

And he is gracious to him, and says, 'Free him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom';

Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;

His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:

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.

He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

"He will sing to people and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me.

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

'He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life will see the light.'

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.