Job 4:12-21

12A word was brought to me in secret; my ears caught a whisper of it.

13Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep comes over men,

14fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shake.

15I felt a draft on my face, and the hair on my body stood up.

16A figure stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a whispering voice:

17“Can a mortal be righteous before God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?”

18If God puts no trust in his servants and he charges his angels with foolishness,

19how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth!

20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish forever while no one notices.

21Are their tent cords not pulled up? They die without wisdom.