Judith 9:4-6

Good News Translation

⁴You let their wives be carried off, their daughters taken captive, and their possessions plundered by the Israelites, your chosen people, who were eager to do your will. Dinah's brothers were furious because of this disgrace to their family, so they called on you for help.

O my God, listen to my prayer, the prayer of a widow. ⁵Your hand guided all that happened then, and all that happened before and after. You have planned it all—what is happening now, and what is yet to be. Your plans have always been carried out. ⁶Whatever you want to be done is as good as done. You know in advance all that you will do and what decisions you will make.

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