11. The old and strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
12. Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.
13. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14. Fear came upon me and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
15. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up!
16. [The spirit] stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, and then I heard a voice, saying,
17. Can mortal man be just before God, or be more right than He is? Can a man be pure before his Maker, or be more cleansed than He is? [I John 1:7; Rev. 1:5.]
18. Even in His [heavenly] servants He puts no trust or confidence, and His angels He charges with folly and error–
19. How much more those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed like the moth.