Revelation 6:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, “Come!”^{[a] 8} I looked and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him; they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, famine, and pestilence, and by the wild animals of the earth.

⁹ When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered for the word of God and for the testimony they had given;