Jdt 9:1 Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes
upon her head, and uncovered the sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and
about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in
the house of the Lord Judith cried with a loud voice, and said,
Jdt 9:2 O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom thou gavest a sword to take
vengeance of the strangers, who loosened the girdle of a maid to defile her,
and discovered the thigh to her shame, and polluted her virginity to her
reproach; for thou saidst, It shall not be so; and yet they did so:
Jdt 9:3 Wherefore thou gavest their rulers to be slain, so that they dyed
their bed in blood, being deceived, and smotest the servants with their
lords, and the lords upon their thrones;
Jdt 9:4 And hast given their wives for a prey, and their daughters to be
captives, and all their spoils to be divided among thy dear children; which
were moved with thy zeal, and abhorred the pollution of their blood, and
called upon thee for aid: O God, O my God, hear me also a widow.
Jdt 9:5 For thou hast wrought not only those things, but also the things
which fell out before, and which ensued after; thou hast thought upon the
things which are now, and which are to come.
Jdt 9:6 Yea, what things thou didst determine were ready at hand, and said,
Lo, we are here: for all thy ways are prepared, and thy judgments are in thy
foreknowledge.
Jdt 9:7 For, behold, the Assyrians are multiplied in their power; they are
exalted with horse and man; they glory in the strength of their footmen;
they trust in shield, and spear, and bow, and sling; and know not that thou
art the Lord that breakest the battles: the Lord is thy name.
Jdt 9:8 Throw down their strength in thy power, and bring down their force
in thy wrath: for they have purposed to defile thy sanctuary, and to pollute
the tabernacle where thy glorious name resteth and to cast down with sword
the horn of thy altar.
Jdt 9:9 Behold their pride, and send thy wrath upon their heads: give into
mine hand, which am a widow, the power that I have conceived.
Jdt 9:10 Smite by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the
prince with the servant: break down their stateliness by the hand of a
woman.
Jdt 9:11 For thy power standeth not in multitude nor thy might in strong
men: for thou art a God of the afflicted, an helper of the oppressed, an
upholder of the weak, a protector of the forlorn, a saviour of them that are
without hope.
Jdt 9:12 I pray thee, I pray thee, O God of my father, and God of the
inheritance of Israel, Lord of the heavens and earth, Creator of the waters,
king of every creature, hear thou my prayer:
Jdt 9:13 And make my speech and deceit to be their wound and stripe, who
have purposed cruel things against thy covenant, and thy hallowed house, and
against the top of Sion, and against the house of the possession of thy
children.
Jdt 9:14 And make every nation and tribe to acknowledge that thou art the
God of all power and might, and that there is none other that protecteth the
people of Israel but thou.