1 Maccabees 6:8-10

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁸ When the king heard this news, he was astounded and badly shaken. He took to his bed and became sick from disappointment, because things had not turned out for him as he had planned. ⁹ He lay there for many days, because deep disappointment continually gripped him, and he realized that he was dying. ¹⁰ So he called all his Friends and said to them, “Sleep has departed from my eyes and I am downhearted with worry.