Job 33:19-28

These verses may describe another instance of God's dealing with man, or a further discipline of the same person (Job 33:15), the result stated Job 33:18 not having been attained. The passage has four steps:

(1) The affliction, graphically presented, Job 33:19.

(2) The intervention of the Divine messenger, who interprets to the sufferer what it becomes him to do; and God's gracious pardon of him, Job 33:23.

(3) The restoration to prosperity and righteousness of him who was afflicted, Job 33:25.

(4) His thankfulness, publicly shewn among men, Job 33:27.