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¹ "So, Iyov, please, hear my speech;
listen to all my words.
² Look, I am opening my mouth;
the words are on the tip of my tongue.
³ I will say exactly what is on my mind;
what my lips know, they will speak sincerely.
⁴ It is the Spirit of God that made me,
the breath of Shaddai that gives me life.
⁵ So refute me, if you can;
organize your words, take your stand!
⁶ Look, before God I'm the same as you;
I too am fashioned from clay.
⁷ You don't need to be afraid of me;
my pressure on you will not be heavy.

⁸ "You spoke within my hearing,
and I heard what you said —
⁹ ‘I am clean, without transgression;
I am innocent, not guilty.
¹⁰ Yet [God] finds pretexts for accusing me;
he regards me as his enemy.
¹¹ He puts my feet in the stocks
and watches wherever I go.'

¹² "But in this, you are wrong; I will answer you:
God is greater than any mortal.
¹³ Why do you strive against him?
He will not defend his words —
¹⁴ God speaks once, even twice,
and still the hearer misses the point.

¹⁵ "In a dream, in a vision at night,
when slumber falls upon people,
as they sleep in their beds,
¹⁶ he opens people's ears
and seals the matter with a warning,
¹⁷ to turn a person away from his action
and protect a man from pride,
¹⁸ so that he will keep himself away from the pit
and from perishing by the sword.
¹⁹ "He is also warned by pain when in bed,
when all his bones are hurting;
²⁰ so that he detests bread
as well as richer food.
²¹ His flesh wastes away, till one can't stand to look;
his bones protrude and become unsightly.
²² His soul comes close to the pit
and his life to those who bring death.

²³ "If there is for him an angel,
a mediator, one among a thousand,
who can vouch for the man's uprightness;
²⁴ then [God] is gracious to him and says,
‘Redeem him from going down to the pit;
I have found a ransom.'
²⁵ His flesh becomes fresher than that of a child,
he returns to the days of his youth.
²⁶ He prays to God and is accepted by him,
so that he sees [God's] face with joy,
and [God] repays the man for his righteousness.
²⁷ He declares before everyone, ‘I sinned;
I perverted what was right,
and it gained me nothing.
²⁸ [God] redeemed me from going into the pit,
and now my life sees light.'
²⁹ God will accomplish all these things
twice, even three times, with a man,
³⁰ to bring him back from the pit,
so that he can enjoy the light of the living.

³¹ "Pay attention, Iyov, listen to me;
keep quiet, and I will keep speaking.
³² If you have something to say, answer me;
speak, because I want to show that you are right.
³³ If not, then listen to me;
keep quiet, and I will teach you wisdom."