12. “Now a word was brought to me stealthily;my ear received the whisper of it.
13. Amid thoughts from visions of the night,when deep sleep falls on men,
14. dread came upon me, and trembling,which made all my bones shake.
15. A spirit glided past my face;the hair of my flesh stood up.
16. It stood still,but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes;there was silence, then I heard a voice:
17. ‘Can mortal man be in the right before God?Can a man be pure before his Maker?
18. Even in his servants he puts no trust,and his angels he charges with error;
19. how much more those who dwell in houses of clay,whose foundation is in the dust,who are crushed like the moth.