Wisdom 17:3-5

Revised Standard Version

³ For thinking that in their secret sins they were unobserved
behind a dark curtain of forgetfulness,
they were scattered, terribly^[a] alarmed,
and appalled by specters.
⁴ For not even the inner chamber that held them protected them from fear,
but terrifying sounds rang out around them,
and dismal phantoms with gloomy faces appeared.
⁵ And no power of fire was able to give light,
nor did the brilliant flames of the stars
avail to illumine that hateful night.