5. Assur came from the mountains, from the North, with the multitude of his strength. His multitude blockaded the torrents, and their horses covered the valleys.
6. He told himself that he would set fire to my borders, and kill my young men with the sword, to give my children into plunder and my virgins into captivity.
7. But the almighty Lord has harmed him, and he has delivered him into the hands of a woman, and he has pierced him through.
8. For their powerful one did not fall by young men, nor did the sons of Titan strike him, nor did lofty giants set themselves against him, but Judith, the daughter of Merari, dissolved him with the splendor of her face.
9. For she put away from herself the garments of widowhood, and she clothed herself with the garments of rejoicing, for the sake of the exultation of the sons of Israel.
10. She anointed her face with ointment, and she gathered the locks of her hair with a headdress; she accepted a new dress in order to deceive him.
11. Her sandals ravished his eyes; her beauty made his soul her captive; with a blade, she cut off his head.
12. The Persians were horrified at her constancy, and the Medes at her boldness.
13. Then the camp of the Assyrians howled, when my humble ones appeared, parched with thirst.
14. The sons of the servant girls have pierced them through, and, like fleeing servants, they have killed them. They perished in battle before the face of the Lord, my God.
15. Let us sing a canticle to the Lord; let us sing a new hymn to our God.
16. O Adonai, O Lord, you are great, and splendor is in your virtue, and no one is able to overcome you.
17. Let all your creatures serve you. For you spoke, and they became. You sent forth your Spirit, and they were created. And there is no one who can withstand your voice.