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My lord, said Judith, I have counsel for thee; do but take the advice this handmaid of thine offers, and the Lord shall do great things with thee. (Judith 11, 4)
By the life of Nabuchodonosor I swear it,✻ by the power of Nabuchodonosor, committed to thee here and now for the punishment of rebellious spirits! All men, nay, the brute beasts themselves, thou tamest to his will; (Judith 11, 5)
of thy unwearied labours all nations know; a world acclaims thee for the best and greatest of his subjects; no province but speaks of thy wise government. (Judith 11, 6)
His words have come true; God is indeed angered by our sins, so angered that he has sent warning through his prophets, he means to put our guilty race in thy power, (Judith 11, 8)
Thy handmaid, but my own God I must still worship, though I be dwelling in thy camp. Suffer me, my lord, to go beyond its bounds, and offer prayer to God; (Judith 11, 14)
These are fair promises thou makest; will he but bring them to fulfilment, thy God shall be my God too, and thou thyself, at Nabuchodonosor’s court, shalt be held in high honour; wide as the world shall be thy renown. (Judith 11, 21)
But Judith told him, Eat I may not of the portion thou wouldst assign me; that were a grave fault; I have brought my own provisions with me. (Judith 12, 2)
Ay, thou hast brought them, Holofernes said, but how if they should not suffice? How shall we fend for thee? (Judith 12, 3)
but as she entered it, she asked that she might be allowed to leave it each night, before day broke, and, praying, make her peace with the Lord. (Judith 12, 5)
each night she went out to the vale of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain there, (Judith 12, 7)
and prayed, as she came up out of the water, the God of Israel would speed her errand for his people’s deliverance. (Judith 12, 8)
With that, she rose up and threw her robe about her, and so made her way into Holofernes’ presence; (Judith 12, 15)
