¹⁷ Judith said: Praise ye the Lord our God, who hath not forsaken them that hope in him.

¹⁸ And by me his handmaid he hath fulfilled his mercy, which he promised to the house of Israel: and he hath killed the enemy of his people by my hand this night.

⁷ But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman, and hath slain him.