1 Maccabees 3:5-7

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁵ He searched out and pursued those who broke the law;
    he burned those who troubled his people.
⁶ Lawbreakers shrank back for fear of him;
    all the evildoers were confounded;
    and deliverance prospered by his hand.
⁷ He embittered many kings,
    but he made Jacob glad by his deeds,
    and his memory is blessed for ever.