NSB(i)
16 he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,
17 that turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride.
18 »It is to preserve him from the pit and keep his life from perishing by the sword.
19 »On the other hand a man may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in his bones.
20 »His very being finds food repulsive and he loathes the choicest meal.
21 »His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his bones, once hidden, now stick out.
22 »He draws near to the pit and to the messengers of death.
23 »Yet if there is an angel on his side as a mediator, one out of a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
24 to be gracious to him and say: ‘Spare him from going down to the pit. I have found a ransom for him!’
25 »His flesh is renewed like a child’s. It is restored as in the days of his youth.