1 Maccabees 3:51-53

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵¹ For thy holies are trodden down, and are profaned, and thy priests are in mourning, and are brought low.

⁵² And behold the nations are come together against us to destroy us: thou knowest what they intend against us.

⁵³ How shall we be able to stand before their face, unless thou, O God, help us?