2 Maccabees 15:21-23

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²¹ Machabeus considering the coming of the multitude, and the divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretching out his hands to heaven, called upon the Lord, that worketh wonders, who giveth victory to them that are worthy, not according to the power of their arms, but according as it seemeth good to him.

²² And in his prayer he said after this manner: Thou, O Lord, who didst send thy angel in the time of Ezechias king of Juda, and didst kill a hundred and eighty-five thousand of the army of Sennacherib:

²³ Send now also, O Lord of heaven, thy good angel before us, for the fear and dread of the greatness of thy arm,