CLV(i)
16 Then He reveals matters to the ear of men, And He dismays them with admonitions,
17 To withdraw a human from his deed, And that He may obliterate pride in a master.
18 He keeps back his soul from the pit And his life from passing into the unseen.
19 Also he is corrected by pain on his bed, And by perennial contention in his bones,
20 So that bread is repugnant to him, to his life, And to his soul, the food of yearning.
21 His flesh is vanishing away from sight, And his bones are ridges that once could not be seen.
22 His soul draws near to the pit And his life to the place of the dead.
23 If there is a messenger on his behalf, An intermediary, one out of a thousand, To tell the human what is upright for him,
24 And he is gracious to him and says, Do ransom him from descending to the pit; I have found a propitiatory shelter,
25 Then his flesh will become hale with youth And shall be restored to the days of his adolescence.