11 The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey,and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12 “Now a word was secretly brought to me,and my ear caught a whisper of it.
13 In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the nightwhen a deep sleep falls on men,
14 a trembling gripped me – and a terror! – and made all my bones shake.
15 Then a breath of air passes by my face;it makes the hair of my flesh stand up.
16 It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance;an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:
17 “Is a mortal man righteous before God?Or a man pure before his Creator?