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Then said Ozias and the princes unto her, Go in peace, and the Lord God be before thee, to
take vengeance on our enemies.
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So they returned from the tent, and went to their wards.
CHAPTER 9
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,
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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:
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Behold their pride, and send thy wrath upon their heads: give into mine hand, which am a
widow, the power that I have conceived.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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