Wisdom 17:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² For when the wicked believed that they held your holy nation in their power,
    they themselves became prisoners of darkness, shackled by the endless night,
    confined under their own roofs, banished from eternal providence.
³ For those who believed that their secret sins were unnoticed
    behind a dark veil of forgetfulness
were scattered in fright and trembling,
    terrified by apparitions.
⁴ Not even the dark corners that sheltered them could offer them refuge from fear,
    for terrifying sounds echoed around them,
    and frightening, grim-faced apparitions appeared before their eyes.