אִם־יֵ֤שׁ עָלָ֨יו ׀ מַלְאָ֗ךְ מֵלִ֗יץ אֶחָ֥ד מִנִּי־אָ֑לֶף לְהַגִּ֖יד לְאָדָ֣ם יָשְׁרֽוֹ׃
If there be for him an angel, An intercessor, one among a thousand, To vouch for a man’s uprightness;
Rashi on Job
one out of a thousand of those who testify to his guilt, and he intercedes with his uprightness.
Malbim on Job
Elihu details three ways by which a man can be saved from this state.
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...'