¹⁶ he may speak^(A) in their ears
    and terrify them^(B) with warnings,^(C)

¹⁷ to turn them from wrongdoing
    and keep them from pride,^(A)

²³ Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,^(A) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,^(B)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;^(C)
    I have found a ransom for them^(D)—
²⁵ let their flesh be renewed^(E) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’^(F)—
²⁶ then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,^(G)
    they will see God’s face and shout for joy;^(H)
    he will restore them to full well-being.^(I)
27 And they will go to others and say,
    ‘I have sinned,^(J) I have perverted what is right,^(K)
    but I did not get what I deserved.^(L)