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And Judith stood before the bed of Holofernes, and she prayed with tears, and with moving of her lips she said in silence, [And Judith stood before the bed, praying with tears, and with moving of lips in silence, saying,]

Lord God of Israel, confirm me, or make me stable, and in this time behold thou to the works of mine hands, (so) that, as thou hast promised, thou raise up Jerusalem thy city; and that I perform this thing, which thing I believing thought to be able to be done by thee. [Confirm me, Lord God of Israel, and behold in this hour to the works of mine hands, that thou rear up thy city Jerusalem, as thou hast promised; and that, that I believing to be able to be done by thee thought, I perform.]

And when she had said this, she nighed, (or approached), [or went] to the pillar that was at the head of his bed, and she loos(en)ed his sword, that hanged [or hung] there bound on the pillar.

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