Leeser(i)
16 Then doth he lay open the ear of men, and sealeth it with their warning;
17 To remove the son of earth from his intended deed and he covereth up pride from man;
18 He withholdeth his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.
19 And so is he admonished by pain upon his couch, and all his bones with violent aches.
20 So that his inclination abhorreth bread, and his soul, the most agreeable food.
21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.
22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to those that slay.
23 If there be now about him one single angel, as defender, one out of a thousand, to tell for man his uprightness: