1 Maccabees 14:9-11

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ Old men sat in the streets;
    they all talked together of good things;
    and the youths donned the glories and garments of war.
¹⁰ He supplied the cities with food,
    and furnished them with the means of defense,
    till his renown spread to the ends of the earth.
¹¹ He established peace in the land,
    and Israel rejoiced with great joy.