4. He threatened to burn my territory,put my youths to the sword,Dash my infants to the ground,seize my children as plunder.And carry off my virgins as spoil.
5. “But the Lord Almighty thwarted them,by the hand of a female!
6. Not by youths was their champion struck down,nor did Titans bring him low,nor did tall giants attack him;But Judith, the daughter of Merari,by the beauty of her face brought him down.
7. She took off her widow’s garbto raise up the afflicted in Israel.She anointed her face with fragrant oil;