¹² “Now a word ^(A)was brought to me secretly,
And my ear received a ^(B)whisper of it.
¹³ Amid disquieting ^(C)thoughts from visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on people,
¹⁴ Dread came upon me, and trembling,
And made ^[a]all my bones shake.
¹⁵ Then a ^[b]spirit passed by my face;
The hair of my flesh stood up.
¹⁶ Something was standing still, but I could not recognize its appearance;
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, then I heard a voice:
¹⁷ ‘Can ^(D)mankind be righteous ^[c]before God?
Can a man be pure ^[d]before his ^(E)Maker?

¹⁵ In a ^(A)dream, a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls on people,
While they slumber in their beds,
¹⁶ Then ^(B)He opens the ears of people,
And horrifies them with warnings,
¹⁷ So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct,
And ^[a]keep a man from pride;
¹⁸ He ^(C)keeps his soul back from the pit,
And his life from perishing by the ^(D)spear.