[One may hear God's voice] in a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men while slumbering upon the bed,
Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction [terrifying them with warnings],
That He may withdraw man from his purpose and cut off pride from him [disgusting him with his own disappointing self-sufficiency].
He holds him back from the pit [of destruction], and his life from perishing by the sword [of God's destructive judgments].