Job 33:23-24

23 If there is an angel beside him,
one mediator ^{▼▼ The verse is describing the way God can preserve someone from dying by sending a messenger (translated here as “angel”), who could be human or angelic. This messenger will interpret/mediate God’s will. By “one … out of a thousand” Elihu could have meant either that one of the thousands of messengers at God’s disposal might be sent or that the messenger would be unique (see Eccl 7:28; and cp. Job 9:3).} out of a thousand,
to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness; ^{▼▼ This is a smoother reading. The MT has “to tell to a man his uprightness,” to reveal what is right for him. The LXX translated this word “duty”; the choice is adopted by some commentaries. However, that is too far from the text, which indicates that the angel/messenger is to call the person to uprightness.}
24 and if ^{▼▼ This verse seems to continue the protasis begun in the last verse, with the apodosis coming in the next verse.} God ^{▼▼ Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} is gracious to him and says,
‘Spare ^{▼▼ The verb is either taken as an anomalous form of פָּדַע (pada’, “to rescue; to redeem,” or “to exempt him”), or it is emended to some similar word, like פָּרַע (para’, “to let loose,” so Wright).} him from going down
to the place of corruption,
I have found a ransom for him,’ ^{▼▼ This verse and v. 28 should be compared with Ps 49:7–9, 15 (8–10, 16 HT) where the same basic vocabulary and concepts are employed.}