¹² “A word^(A) was secretly brought to me,
    my ears caught a whisper^(B) of it.^(C)
13 Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
    when deep sleep falls on people,^(D)
14 fear and trembling^(E) seized me
    and made all my bones shake.^(F)
15 A spirit glided past my face,
    and the hair on my body stood on end.^(G)
16 It stopped,
    but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
    and I heard a hushed voice:^(H)
17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?^(I)
    Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?^(J)

¹⁵ In a dream,^(A) in a vision^(B) of the night,^(C)
    when deep sleep^(D) falls on people
    as they slumber in their beds,
¹⁶ he may speak^(E) in their ears
    and terrify them^(F) with warnings,^(G)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
    and keep them from pride,^(H)
18 to preserve them from the pit,^(I)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.^[a](J)