18 he keeps back his soul from the pit,his life from perishing by the sword.
19 “Man is also rebuked with pain on his bedand with continual strife in his bones,
20 so that his life loathes bread,and his appetite the choicest food.
21 His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,and his bones that were not seen stick out.
22 His soul draws near the pit,and his life to those who bring death.
23 If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand,to declare to man what is right for him,
24 and he is merciful to him, and says,‘Deliver him from going down into the pit;I have found a ransom;