Kommentar zu Ijow 33:23
אִם־יֵ֤שׁ עָלָ֨יו ׀ מַלְאָ֗ךְ מֵלִ֗יץ אֶחָ֥ד מִנִּי־אָ֑לֶף לְהַגִּ֖יד לְאָדָ֣ם יָשְׁרֽוֹ׃
Findet sich um ihn ein Engel, ein Fürsprecher unter tausend [Anklägern], zu verkünden vom Menschen etwas Redliches,
Rashi on Job
one out of a thousand of those who testify to his guilt, and he intercedes with his uprightness.
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Malbim on Job
Elihu details three ways by which a man can be saved from this state.
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Malbim on Job
The first is by virtue of his good deeds.25Underlying the Malbim's interpretation of this verse is the idea that a person's good deeds are his advocates. The way it works is that for each good deed a man does, an angel who watches over him is created. This notion appears in Shemot Rabbah 32:6: 'If a person fulfills one of His commandments, the Holy One Blessed be He gives him an angel to watch over him...two commandments, two angels...many commandments, half His camp...'
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