⁶ He does not keep the wicked alive,
    but gives ^(A)the afflicted their right.

¹⁵ In ^(A)a dream, in ^(B)a vision of ^(C)the night,
    when ^(D)deep sleep falls on men,
    while they slumber on their beds,
¹⁶ then he ^(E)opens the ears of men
    and terrifies them with warnings,
¹⁷ that he may turn man aside from his ^(F)deed
    and conceal pride from a man;
¹⁸ he keeps back his soul from the pit,
    his life from ^(G)perishing by the sword.
¹⁹ “Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed
    and with continual strife in his ^(H)bones,
²⁰ so that his ^(I)life loathes bread,
    and his appetite ^(J)the choicest food.
²¹ His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
    and his bones that were not seen ^(K)stick out.
²² His soul draws near ^(L)the pit,
    and his life to ^(M)those who bring death.
²³ If there be for him ^(N)an angel,
    ^(O)a mediator, ^(P)one of the thousand,
    to declare to man what is ^(Q)right for him,
²⁴ and he is merciful to him, and says,
    ‘Deliver him from going down into the pit;
    I have found ^(R)a ransom;
²⁵ let his flesh ^(S)become fresh with youth;
    let him return to the days of his youthful vigour’;
²⁶ then man^{[a] (T)}prays to God, and he accepts him;
    he ^(U)sees his face with a shout of joy,
and he ^(V)restores to man his righteousness.
²⁷     He sings before men and says:
‘I ^(W)sinned and perverted what was right,
    and it was not repaid to me.
²⁸ He has redeemed my ^(X)soul from going down ^(Y)into the pit,
    and my life shall ^(Z)look upon the light.’