Judith 13:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹² When the people of her town heard her voice, they hurried down to the town gate and summoned the elders of the town. ¹³ They all ran together, both small and great, for it seemed unbelievable that she had returned. They opened the gate and welcomed them. Then they lit a fire to give light, and gathered around them. ¹⁴ Then she said to them with a loud voice, ‘Praise God, O praise him! Praise God, who has not withdrawn his mercy from the house of Israel, but has destroyed our enemies by my hand this very night!’