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Remember how Amelec, long ago, boasted of their overwhelming strength, of their great army, shields and chariots and horsemen; and it was by the holy prayers he offered, not by the sword, that the Lord’s servant Moses defeated them.✻ (Judith 4, 13)
Even then, did they but repent of their revolt from his allegiance, the God of heaven would give them strength to resist their assailants. (Judith 5, 19)
Lord, they cried, God of heaven and earth, leave not this insolence unregarded, our distress unrelieved, the prayer of thy chosen servants unheeded! Give proof, now, that those who trust in thee are never forsaken, that the presumptuous, who boast of their own strength, are ever brought low! (Judith 6, 15)
And what of those others, who could not hold out, submitting to the divine will, under these trials; who bore themselves impatiently, and did the Lord despite by complaining against him? (Judith 8, 24)
Turn thy eyes now to yonder Assyrian camp, as thou didst let them fall long ago on the Egyptians, the armed host that went in pursuit of thy servants, boasting so proudly of its chariots and horsemen, its warrior strength. (Judith 9, 6)
Then, her plea for the divine succour ended, Judith rose from the ground where she lay prostrate in the Lord’s presence, (Judith 10, 1)
Still they did not question her, but let her pass; May the God of our fathers, they said, grant thee his favour, and his strength speed whatever design is in thy heart. Cause may Jerusalem have to be proud of thee; may thy name live among the holy and the just! (Judith 10, 8)
Lord God of Israel, she said, give me strength! Now guide these hands aright, and give Jerusalem the relief thou hast promised; now be the task performed, but for the hope of thy aid, undreamed of! (Judith 13, 7)
What power divine crushes the enemy, but the Lord’s great name? (Judith 16, 3)
Came the Assyrian from the northern hills in his great strength, the valleys choked with his marching columns, the mountain glens black with his horses; (Judith 16, 5)
All this Mardochaeus saw, and rose from his bed still wondering what the divine purpose was; still the vision haunted his mind, and he longed to know what was the meaning of it. (Esther 11, 12)
Even as she spoke, once again her strength failed her; and she was near to fainting; (Esther 15, 18)
