Wisdom 17:13-15

New Catholic Bible

¹³     and the less one expects from them,
    the more one prefers to remain ignorant of what is causing the torment.
¹⁴ And so, throughout that night, which was powerless over them,^[a]
    and which descended upon them from the depths of the powerless netherworld,
    they all experienced the same sleep—
¹⁵ now tormented by monstrous apparitions,
    now incapacitated by their souls’ surrender—
    for sudden and unlooked-for fear had overcome them.