1 Maccabees 3:5-7

Revised Standard Version

⁵ He searched out and pursued the lawless;
    he burned those who troubled his people.
⁶ Lawless men 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.