11. When my lowly ones shouted,and my weak ones cried out,The enemy was terrified,screamed and took to flight.
12. Sons of maidservants pierced them through;wounded them like deserters’ children.They perished before the ranks of my Lord.
13. “I will sing a new song to my God.O Lord, great are you and glorious,marvelous in power and unsurpassable.
14. Let your every creature serve you;for you spoke, and they were made.You sent forth your spirit, and it created them;no one can resist your voice.
15. For the mountains to their basesare tossed with the waters;the rocks, like wax, melt before your glance.“But to those who fear you,you will show mercy.
16. Though the sweet fragrance of every sacrifice is a trifle,and the fat of all burnt offerings but little in your sight,one who fears the Lord is forever great.
17. “Woe to the nations that rise against my people!the Lord Almighty will requite them;in the day of judgment he will punish them:He will send fire and worms into their flesh,and they will weep and suffer forever.”
18. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they worshiped God. As soon as the people were purified, they offered their burnt offerings, voluntary offerings, and donations.
19. Judith dedicated to God all the things of Holofernes that the people had given her, putting under the ban the canopy that she herself had taken from his bedchamber.