2 Maccabees 15:19-21

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁹ And they also that were in the city, had no little concern for them that were to be engaged in battle.

²⁰ And now when all expected what judgment would be given, and the enemies were at hand, and the army was set in array, the beasts and the horsemen ranged in convenient places,

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.