Wisdom 18:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 a fierce warrior bearing the sharp sword of your inexorable decree,
And alighted, and filled every place with death,
and touched heaven, while standing upon the earth.(A)
17 Then, at once, visions in horrible dreams perturbed them(B)
and unexpected fears assailed them;
18 And cast half-dead, one here, another there,
they revealed why they were dying.
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