2 Maccabees 15:23-25

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²³ Send now also, O Lord of heaven, thy good angel before us, for the fear and dread of the greatness of thy arm,

²⁴ That they may be afraid, who come with blasphemy against thy holy people. And thus he concluded his prayer.

²⁵ But Nicanor, and they that were with him came forward, with trumpets and songs.