1 And Judith began to sing this song of thanksgiving in all Israel, and all the people sang with loud voices this song of praise. (WEB) 2 Judith said, “Begin a song to my God with timbrels. Sing to my Lord with cymbals. Make melody to him with psalm and praise. Exalt him, and call upon his name. (WEB) 3 For the Lord is the God that crushes battles. For in his armies in the midst of the people, he delivered me out of the hand of those who persecuted me. (WEB) 4 Asshur came out of the mountains from the north. He came with ten thousands of his army. Its multitude stopped the torrents. Their horsemen covered the hills. (WEB) 5 He said that he would burn up my borders, kill my young men with the sword, throw my nursing children to the ground, give my infants up as prey, and make my virgins a plunder. (WEB) 6 “The Almighty Lord brought them to nothing by the hand of a woman. (WEB) 7 For their mighty one didn’t fall by young men, neither did sons of the Titans strike him. Tall giants didn’t attack him, but Judith the daughter of Merari made him weak with the beauty of her countenance. (WEB) 8 “For she put off the apparel of her widowhood for the exaltation of those who were distressed in Israel. She anointed her face with ointment, bound her hair in a tiara, and took a linen garment to deceive him. (WEB) 9 Her sandal ravished his eye. Her beauty took his soul prisoner. The sword passed through his neck. (WEB) 10 “The Persians quaked at her daring. The Medes were daunted at her boldness. (WEB) 11 “Then my lowly ones shouted aloud. My oppressed people were terrified and trembled for fear. They lifted up their voices and the enemy fled. (WEB) 12 The children of slave-girls pierced them through, and wounded them as fugitives’ children. They perished by the army of my Lord. (WEB)
Judith 16:1–12
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