Judith - chapter 16 - excerpt that includes her psalm and the response of people

16: 1, 2-17, 18 - 20 (translated by Edgar Goodspeed)
And Judith began this thanksgiving before all Israel, and all the people loudly sang this song of praise.

And Judith said, "Begin to play unto my God with tambourines, sing unto my Lord to the sound of cymbals, raise hymn and praise for Him, exalt His name and call upon it, for the Lord is a God that shatters wars, for He brought me into His camp, in the midst of the people, rescuing me from the hands of my pursuers.  Assyria came from the north out of the mountains, he/it came with the myriads of his host, their multitude blocked up the torrents, and their calvary covered the hills.  He said he was going to burn up my borders, and kill my young men with the sword, and throw my babies upon the ground, and take my children as spoils, and my girls as plunder.  The Lord Almighty brought them to nought by the hand of a woman.

For their champion did not fall at the hands of young men, the sons of the Titans did not strike him down, nor the tall giants set upon him, but Judith, the daughter of Merari, made him faint with the beauty of her face.  For she took off her widow's mourning, to lift up those who were in distress in Israel.  She anointed her face with ointment, and arranged her hair in a headdress, and put on a linen dress to deceive him.  Her sandal ravished his eye, and her beauty captivated his soul.  The scimitar passed through his neck.

Persians shuddered at her daring, and Medes were daunted at her boldness.  Then my oppressed people cried out, my weak people were terrified and cowered down, they lifted up their voices and turned to flee.  The sons of their maidservants stabbed them, and wounded them like runaways' children; they perished before the army of my Lord.  I will sing to my God a new song; Lord, you are great and glorious, wonderfully strong, unconquerable.  Let all Your creation serve You, for You but spoke, and they were created, You sent forth Your Spirit, and it formed them, and there is no one that can resist Your voice.  For mountains will be moved from their foundations like waters, and rocks will melt like wax before you, but to those who fear You, You will continue to show mercy.  For any sacrifice for a fragrant odor is a small thing, and any fat for a whole burnt offering is insignificant in Your sight, but he that fears the Lord is great forever.  Alas for the heathen that rise up against my nation.  The Lord Almighty will take vengeance on them in the day of judgment, to apply fire and worms to their bodies and they will feel them and wail forever."

(Prose section) When they reached Jerusalem, they worshiped God, and when the people were purified, they offered their whole burnt offerings and their freewill offerings and their gifts.  And Judith dedicated to God all the dishes of Holofernes, which the people had given her, and the canopy which she had taken for herself from his bedchamber she gave as a gift to God; and the people continued to celebrate in Jerusalem before the sanctuary for three months, and Judith stayed with them.