JPS_ASV_Byz(i)
19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and all his bones grow stiff;
20 So that his life maketh him to abhor bread, and his soul dainty food.
21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones corrode to unsightliness.
22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
23 If there be for him an angel, an intercessor, one among a thousand, to vouch for a man's uprightness;
24 Then He is gracious unto him, and saith: 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.'
25 His flesh is tenderer than a child's; he returneth to the days of his youth;
26 He prayeth unto God, and He is favourable unto him; so that he seeth His face with joy; and He restoreth unto man his righteousness.
27 He cometh before men, and saith: 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not.'
28 So He redeemeth his soul from going into the pit, and his life beholdeth the light.