Judith 13:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ And Judith spoke to her maid to stand without before the chamber, and to watch:

⁶ And Judith stood before the bed praying with tears, and the motion of her lips in silence,

⁷ Saying: Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour look on the works of my hands, that as thou hast promised, thou mayst raise up Jerusalem thy city: and that I may bring to pass that which I have purposed, having a belief that it might be done by thee.