Talált 5628 Eredmények: Fa
When they had gone, Judith went to her place of prayer, sackcloth her garb, ashes sprinkled over her head, and thus, falling down before the Lord, she cried for mercy: (Judith 9, 1)
Lord God of my father Simeon, thou didst put a sword in his hand to punish the alien for foul wrong done, for a virgin stripped and shamed;✻ (Judith 9, 2)
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)
Lift up thy hand, as it was lifted up long ago; break power of theirs with power of thine! Helpless may they lie beneath thy vengeance, who now think to profane thy holy place, dishonour the very shrine of thy name, violate, at the sword’s point, the sanctity of thy altar. (Judith 9, 11)
Let him fall by a woman’s hand, and all the glory of it will be ascribed to thy name. (Judith 9, 15)
Not in the mustering of great armies, Lord, thy power is shewn; not on the well-horsed warrior thy choice falls; never did boasting earn thy favour. Still from a humble soul, an obedient will, the prayer must come that wins thee. (Judith 9, 16)
The Lord himself lent grace to her mien; manly resolve, not woman’s wantonness, was the occasion of her finery, and he would enhance her beauty till all beholders should vow there was never woman so fair. (Judith 10, 4)
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)
A Hebrew, she said, but I have given my fellow-countrymen the slip, well knowing that the city must fall into your hands. Why did they defy you, and refuse to surrender, instead of throwing themselves on your mercy? (Judith 10, 12)
Her story told, they must next scan her face; and now their eyes dazzled with the admiration they had of her beauty. (Judith 10, 14)
She looked him full in the face, then did reverence, bowing down to earth, until his servants raised her to her feet, at their master’s bidding. (Judith 10, 20)
and if the Israelites tremble at thy coming, it is because they know they have lost their God’s favour. (Judith 11, 9)
