14 For God does speak, once,even twice, though you do not see it:
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,when deep sleep falls upon mortalsas they slumber in their beds.
16 It is then he opens their earsand with a warning, terrifies them,
17 By turning mortals from actingand keeping pride away from a man,
18 He holds his soul from the pit,his life from passing to the grave.
19 Or he is chastened on a bed of pain,suffering continually in his bones,
20 So that to his appetite food is repulsive,his throat rejects the choicest nourishment.