23 “If there is an angel as mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To declare to 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 atonement’;
25 Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,
Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
26 Then he will entreat God, and He will accept him,
And he will see His face with joyful shouts,
And He may restore His righteousness to man.
27 He will sing to men and say,
‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,
But He has not done what is due to me.
28 He has redeemed my soul from passing into the pit,
And my life shall see the light.’