Job 33:24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Elihu, a younger man, responds after he accuses the three friends of giving no answers to Job. But in truth, he will do no better than the three.
Elihu offers a conditional promise here. He says God will be gracious and deliver from death. The condition is this: listen to the Word of God first. V. 14: “God speaketh once, yea, twice;” v. 16: “He openeth the ears of men;” v. 23: “If there be a messenger, an interpreter.” In other words, if you listen to the Lord (hear His Word), then He will be gracious and deliver you from the pit (death).
Then he offers these words as the cause of deliverance: “I have found a ransom.” Elihu did not know he was prophesying about the Messiah, who said, “The Son of Man has come to give his life as a ransom for many.” Because of Christ, the Ransom, God will deliver us from the Kidnapper, Sin and Death. We have heard God’s Word, listened to Him, and believed the gospel promise. Therefore, the promise is true: our gracious Lord will deliver us from the evil of eternal death, for He has provided the ransom.
We may pray with confidence, “Deliver us from evil.” Sin, Death, and the Devil are the evil ones of the Pit. We are in the Pit are we are destined for the Eternal Pit unless delivered by the “Ransom.” And we are.