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Then all the women of Israel ran together to see her, and blessed her, and made a dance among
them for her: and she took branches in her hand, and gave also to the women that were with her.
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And they put a garland of olive upon her and her maid that was with her, and she went before
all the people in the dance, leading all the women: and all the men of Israel followed in their armour
with garlands, and with songs in their mouths.
CHAPTER 16
Then Judith began to sing this thanksgiving in all Israel, and all the people sang after her this song
of praise.
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And Judith said, Begin unto my God with timbrels, sing unto my Lord with cymbals: tune
unto him a new psalm: exalt him, and call upon his name.
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For God breaketh the battles: for among the camps in the midst of the people he hath delivered
me out of the hands of them that persecuted me.
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Assur came out of the mountains from the north, he came with ten thousands of his army, the
multitude whereof stopped the torrents, and their horsemen have covered the hills.
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He bragged that he would burn up my borders, and kill my young men with the sword, and
dash the sucking children against the ground, and make mine infants as a prey, and my virgins as
a spoil.
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But the Almighty Lord hath disappointed them by the hand of a woman.
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For the mighty one did not fall by the young men, neither did the sons of the Titans smite him,
nor high giants set upon him: but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of
her countenance.
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For she put off the garment of her widowhood for the exaltation of those that were oppressed
in Israel, and anointed her face with ointment, and bound her hair in a tire, and took a linen garment
to deceive him.
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Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty took his mind prisoner, and the fauchion passed
through his neck.
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The Persians quaked at her boldness, and the Medes were daunted at her hardiness.
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Then my afflicted shouted for joy, and my weak ones cried aloud; but they were astonished:
these lifted up their voices, but they were overthrown.
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The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and wounded them as fugatives' children:
they perished by the battle of the Lord.
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I will sing unto the Lord a new song: O Lord, thou art great and glorious, wonderful in strength,
and invincible.
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Let all creatures serve thee: for thou spakest, and they were made, thou didst send forth thy
spirit, and it created them, and there is none that can resist thy voice.
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