⁸ “You have in fact spoken ^[d]while I listened,
And I heard the sound of your words:
⁹ ‘I am ^(H)pure, ^(I)without wrongdoing;
I am innocent and there ^(J)is no guilt in me.
¹⁰ Behold, He ^[e]invents ^[f]criticisms against me;
He ^(K)counts me as His enemy.
¹¹ He ^(L)puts my feet in the stocks;
He watches all my paths.’
¹² Behold, let me respond to you, ^(M)you are not right in this,
For God is greater than mankind.

¹³ “Why do you ^(N)complain to Him
That He does not give an account of all His doings?
¹⁴ Indeed ^(O)God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices it.
¹⁵ In a ^(P)dream, a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls on people,
While they slumber in their beds,
¹⁶ Then ^(Q)He opens the ears of people,
And horrifies them with warnings,
¹⁷ So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct,
And ^[g]keep a man from pride;
¹⁸ He ^(R)keeps his soul back from the pit,
And his life from perishing by the ^(S)spear.

¹⁹ “A person is also rebuked by ^(T)pain in his bed,
And with constant complaint in his bones,
²⁰ So that his life ^(U)loathes bread,
And his soul, food ^[h]that he should crave.
²¹ His ^(V)flesh wastes away from sight,
And his ^(W)bones, which were not seen, stick out.
²² Then ^(X)his soul comes near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.

²³ “If there is an ^(Y)interceding angel for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a person of what is ^[i]right for him,
²⁴ And he is gracious to him, and says,
‘Free him from ^(Z)going down to the pit,
I have found a ^(AA)ransom’;
²⁵ Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,
Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
²⁶ Then he will ^(AB)pray to God, and He will accept him,
So that ^(AC)he may see His face with joy,
And He will restore His righteousness to that person.
²⁷ He will sing to people and say,
‘I ^(AD)have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not ^(AE)proper for me.
²⁸ He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life will ^(AF)see the light.’

²⁹ “Behold, God does ^(AG)all these things for a man two or three times,
³⁰ To ^(AH)bring back his soul from the pit,
So that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
³¹ Pay attention, Job, listen to me;
Keep silent, and let me speak.
³² Then if ^[j]you have anything to say, answer me;
Speak, for I would take pleasure in justifying you.
³³ If not, ^(AI)listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”