Holy Scripture
Job 33:28
A church father on this verse
“For he hath delivered his soul from going onwards to destruction. Because when Divine Grace goes before us in good works, our free will follows it, we, who yield our consent to God Who delivers us, are said to deliver ourselves; and hence Paul when saying, I laboured more abundantly than they all, [1 Cor. 15, 1] for f…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
28Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction, And my life shall see the light.
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26And he shall pray to the Lord, and his prayer shall be accepted of him; He shall enter with a cheerful countenance, with a full expression of praise: For he will render to men their due.
27Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins.
— Job 33:28 —
29Behold, all these things the Mighty One works In a threefold manner with a man.
30And he has delivered my soul from death, That my life may praise him in the light.