Judith 13:2-7 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

2. But they were all drowsy from the wine.

3. And Judith was alone in the chamber.

4. Moreover, Holofernes, being very inebriated, was fast asleep, reclining on his bed.

5. And Judith told her handmaid to stand outside before the chamber, and to watch.

6. And Judith stood in front of the bed, praying with tears, and her lips moved in silence,

7. saying: "Confirm me, O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour look kindly upon the works of my hands, so that, just as you promised, you may raise up Jerusalem, your city, and so that, believing through you that this plan is able to be accomplished, I may succeed."

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