2 Maccabees 15:32-34

New Catholic Bible

³² and showed them the head of the vile Nicanor and the wretched blasphemer’s arm that had been boastfully stretched out against the holy house of the Almighty. ³³ He cut out the tongue of the godless Nicanor and swore that he would feed it piecemeal to the birds and hang up the rewards of his folly opposite the temple. ³⁴ On hearing this, everyone looked to heaven and blessed the Lord for the manifestation of his divine power, saying, “Blessed be he who has preserved his own place from defilement.”