Judith 9:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁷ ‘Here now are the Assyrians, a greatly increased force, priding themselves on their horses and riders, boasting in the strength of their foot-soldiers, and trusting in shield and spear, in bow and sling. They do not know that you are the Lord who crushes wars; the Lord is your name. ⁸ Break their strength by your might, and bring down their power in your anger; for they intend to defile your sanctuary, and to pollute the tabernacle where your glorious name resides, and to break off the horns^[a] of your altar with the sword. ⁹ Look at their pride, and send your wrath upon their heads. Give to me, a widow, the strong hand to do what I plan.