Job 33:22-24

New Catholic Bible

²² His soul draws nearer to the pit
    and his life to the abode of the dead.
²³ “But then, if there should be an angel on his side,
    one out of a thousand, a mediator,
to show him what is right for him
    and expound God’s righteousness to him,
²⁴ he will take pity on him and say,
    ‘Spare him from going down into the pit;
    I have the ransom for his life.’