13: 4b - 5, 14, 17 - 20 (translated by Edgar Goodspeed)
"Lord, God of all power, look favorably at this hour upon the works of my hands for the exaltation of Jerusalem. For now is the time to help Your inheritance and to carry out my undertaking for the destruction of the enemies who have risen up against us. . .Give me strength, Lord, God of Israel, today!"
And she said to them (the elders) in a loud voice, "Praise God, praise Him! Praise God who has not withdrawn His mercy from the house of Israel, but has shattered our enemies by my hand this very night!"
All the people were greatly astonished, and they bowed down and worshiped God, and said under a common impulse, "Blessed are You, our God, who have brought to nought the enemies of Your people today." And Uzziah said to Judith, "Blessed are you, my daughter, beyond all the women on earth in the sight of the Most High God, and blessed is the Lord God, who created the heavens and the earth, who guided you to strike the leader of our enemies on the head. Your hope shall never disappear from the minds of all when they remember the strength of God. May God make this an eternal glory to you and reward you with blessings, because on account of the affliction of our nation you did not spare your own life, but you anticipated our calamity, going straight on before our God!" And all the people said, "Be it so! Be it so!"
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