Wisdom 17:3-5

Good News Translation

³ They thought that their sins had been secret and unnoticed, shielded from view by a dark curtain of forgetfulness, but now they were horribly afraid, confused, and terrified by ghostly forms. ⁴ Not even the dark corners where they lay could protect them from fear. They were surrounded by horrible noises; grim ghosts with gloomy faces appeared before their eyes. ⁵ No fire had power to give them light, and the brilliant stars could do nothing to relieve that deathly darkness.