8. "Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words:
9. 'I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.
10. 'Behold, He invents pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy.
11. 'He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches all my paths.'
12. "Behold, let me tell you, you are not right in this, For God is greater than man.
13. "Why do you complain against Him That He does not give an account of all His doings?
14. "Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it.
15. "In a dream, a vision of the night, When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds,
16. Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,
17. That He may turn man aside from his conduct, And keep man from pride;
18. He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.
19. "Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with unceasing complaint in his bones;
20. So that his life loathes bread, And his soul favorite food.
21. "His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones which were not seen stick out.
22. "Then his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death.
23. "If there is an angel as mediator for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a man what is right for him,
24. Then let him be gracious to him, and say, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom';
25. Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
26. Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, That he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His righteousness to man.