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And now try the
Lord Almighty, but ye shall never know any thing.
For ye cannot find the depth of the heart of man, neither can ye perceive the things that he thinketh: then how can ye search out God, that hath made all these things, and know his mind, or
comprehend his purpose?
Nay, my brethren,
provoke not the
Lord our God to anger.
Do not bind the counsels of the
Lord our God: for God is not as man, that he may be threatened; neither is he as the son of man, that he should be
wavering.
For our
servitude shall not be directed to favour: but the
Lord our God shall turn it to dishonour.
Moreover let us give
thanks to the
Lord our God, which trieth us, even as he did our fathers.
For he hath not tried us in the fire, as he did them, for the examination of their hearts, neither hath he taken
vengeance on us: but the
Lord doth scourge them that come near unto him, to
admonish them.
Therefore now pray thou for us, because thou art a godly woman, and the
Lord will send us rain to fill our cisterns, and we shall
faint no more.
Ye shall stand this night in the gate, and I will go forth with my waitingwoman: and within the days that ye have promised to deliver the city to our enemies the Lord will visit Israel by mine hand.
Then said Ozias and the princes unto her, Go in peace, and the
Lord God be before thee, to take
vengeance on our enemies.
Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the
sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the
Lord Judith cried with a loud voice, and said,
Wherefore thou gavest their rulers to be slain, so that they
dyed their bed in blood, being
deceived, and smotest the servants with their
lords, and the
lords upon their thrones;
For, behold, the Assyrians are multiplied in their power; they are
exalted with horse and man; they glory in the strength of their
footmen; they trust in shield, and
spear, and bow, and
sling; and know not that thou art the
Lord that breakest the battles: the
Lord is thy name.
I pray thee, I pray thee, O God of my father, and God of the inheritance of Israel,
Lord of the heavens and earth,
Creator of the waters, king of every creature, hear thou my prayer:
Thou hast saved thy life, in that thou hast hasted to come down to the presence of our lord: now therefore come to his tent, and some of us shall conduct thee, until they have delivered thee to his hands.
For none shall
hurt thee, but
entreat thee well, as they do the servants of king Nabuchodonosor my
lord.
Then
Judith said unto him, Receive the words of thy servant, and suffer thine
handmaid to speak in thy presence, and I will declare no lie to my
lord this night.
And if thou
wilt follow the words of thine
handmaid, God will bring the thing perfectly to pass by thee; and my
lord shall not fail of his purposes.
Therefore, O lord and governor, respect not his word; but lay it up in thine heart, for it is true: for our nation shall not be punished, neither can sword prevail against them, except they sin against their God.
And now, that my
lord be not defeated and
frustrate of his purpose, even death is now fallen upon them, and their sin hath overtaken them,
wherewith they will
provoke their God to anger
whensoever they shall do that which is not fit to be done:
For thy servant is religious, and serveth the God of heaven day and night: now therefore, my lord, I will remain with thee, and thy servant will go out by night into the valley, and I will pray unto God, and he will tell me when they have committed their sins:
Likewise Holofernes said unto her. God hath done well to send thee before the people, that strength might be in our hands and destruction upon them that lightly regard my lord.
Then said
Judith unto him As thy soul liveth, my
lord, thine
handmaid shall not
spend those things that I have, before the
Lord work by mine hand the things that he hath determined.
And sent to Holofernes, saving, Let my
lord now command that thine
handmaid may go forth unto prayer.
And when she came out, she
besought the
Lord God of Israel to direct her way to the raising up of the children of her people.
Then went Bagoas from the presence of Holofernes, and came to her, and he said, Let not this fair
damsel fear to come to my
lord, and to be honoured in his presence, and drink wine, and be
merry with us and be made this day as one of the daughters of the Assyrians, which serve in the house of Nabuchodonosor.
Then said
Judith unto him, Who am I now, that I should
gainsay my
lord? surely
whatsoever pleaseth him I will do speedily, and it shall be my joy unto the day of my death.
So
Judith said, I will drink now, my
lord, because my life is
magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was born.
Now when the evening was come, his servants made
haste to depart, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed the waiters from the presence of his
lord; and they went to their beds: for they were all
weary, because the feast had been long.
So all went forth and none was left in the
bedchamber, neither little nor great. Then
Judith, standing by his bed, said in her heart, O
Lord God of all power, look at this present upon the works of mine hands for the
exaltation of Jerusalem.
And approached to his bed, and took hold of the hair of his head, and said,
Strengthen me, O
Lord God of Israel, this day.
So she took the head out of the
bag, and shewed it, and said unto them, behold the head of Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, and behold the
canopy, wherein he did lie in his
drunkenness; and the
Lord hath
smitten him by the hand of a woman.
As the
Lord liveth, who hath kept me in my way that I went, my countenance hath
deceived him to his destruction, and yet hath he not committed sin with me, to
defile and shame me.
Then said Ozias unto her, O daughter, blessed art thou of the most high God above all the women upon the earth; and blessed be the Lord God, which hath created the heavens and the earth, which hath directed thee to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies.
So they came to Holofernes’ tent, and said to him that had the charge of all his things,
Waken now our
lord: for the slaves have been bold to come down against us to battle, that they may be utterly destroyed.
Thou hast done all these things by thine hand: thou hast done much good to Israel, and God is pleased
therewith: blessed be thou of the
Almighty Lord for
evermore. And all the people said, So be it.
And
Judith said, Begin unto my God with
timbrels, sing unto my
Lord with cymbals:
tune unto him a new
psalm:
exalt him, and call upon his name.
But the
Almighty Lord hath disappointed them by the hand of a woman.
The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and wounded them as fugatives’ children: they perished by the battle of the Lord.
I will sing unto the
Lord a new song: O
Lord, thou art great and glorious, wonderful in strength, and
invincible.
For all sacrifice is too little for a sweet savour unto thee, and all the fat is not sufficient for thy burnt offering: but he that feareth the Lord is great at all times.
Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! the
Lord Almighty will take
vengeance of them in the day of judgment, in putting fire and worms in their flesh; and they shall feel them, and
weep for ever.
Now as soon as they entered into Jerusalem, they worshipped the
Lord; and as soon as the people were
purified, they offered their burnt offerings, and their free offerings, and their gifts.
Judith also dedicated all the stuff of Holofernes, which the people had given her, and gave the
canopy, which she had taken out of his
bedchamber, for a gift unto the
Lord.
And my nation is this Israel, which
cried to God, and were saved: for the
Lord hath saved his people, and the
Lord hath delivered us from all those evils, and God hath wrought signs and great wonders, which have not been done among the Gentiles.
After that I became
lord over many nations and had dominion over the whole world, not lifted up with
presumption of my authority, but carrying myself always with
equity and mildness, I purposed to settle my subjects continually in a quiet life, and making my kingdom peaceable, and open for passage to the utmost coasts, to renew peace, which is desired of all men.
Then Mardocheus thought upon all the works of the Lord, and made his prayer unto him,
Saying, O
Lord,
Lord, the King
Almighty: for the whole world is in thy power, and if thou hast appointed to save Israel, there is no man that can
gainsay thee:
Thou art Lord of all things, and and there is no man that can resist thee, which art the Lord.
Thou knowest all things, and thou knowest, Lord, that it was neither in contempt nor pride, nor for any desire of glory, that I did not bow down to proud Aman.
And now, O
Lord God and King,
spare thy people: for their eyes are upon us to bring us to
nought;
yea, they desire to destroy the inheritance, that hath been thine from the beginning.
Hear my prayer, and be
merciful unto thine inheritance: turn our sorrow into joy, that we may live, O
Lord, and praise thy name: and destroy not the mouths of them that praise thee, O
Lord.
All Israel in like manner
cried most earnestly unto the
Lord, because their death was before their eyes.
Queen
Esther also, being in fear of death, resorted unto the
Lord:
And she prayed unto the
Lord God of Israel, saying, O my
Lord, thou only art our King: help me,
desolate woman, which have no helper but thee:
From my youth up I have heard in the tribe of my family that thou, O
Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our fathers from all their predecessors, for a perpetual inheritance, and thou hast performed
whatsoever thou
didst promise them.
Because we worshipped their gods: O Lord, thou art righteous.
O
Lord, give not thy
sceptre unto them that be nothing, and let them not
laugh at our fall; but turn their
device upon themselves, and make him an example, that hath begun this against us.
Remember, O
Lord, make
thyself known in time of our
affliction, and give me boldness, O King of the nations, and
Lord of all power.
Thou knowest all things, O
Lord; thou knowest that I
hate the glory of the unrighteous, and
abhor the bed of the
uncircumcised, and of all the heathen.
Neither had thine
handmaid any joy since the day that I was brought
hither to this present, but in thee, O
Lord God of Abraham.
Then said she unto him, I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty.
For wonderful art thou, lord, and thy countenance is full of grace.
Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth: think of the Lord with a good (heart,) and in simplicity of heart seek him.
For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.
For
inquisition shall be made into the counsels of the ungodly: and the sound of his words shall come unto the
Lord for the
manifestation of his wicked deeds.
He professeth to have the knowledge of God: and he calleth himself the child of the Lord.
They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.
But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and
forsaken the
Lord.
And blessed is the
eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God: for unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, and an inheritance in the temple of the
Lord more acceptable to his mind.
For his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked.
For they shall see the end of the wise, and shall not understand what God in his counsel hath decreed of him, and to what end the Lord hath set him in safety.
We
wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruction:
yea, we have gone through deserts, where there lay no way: but as for the way of the
Lord, we have not known it.
But the righteous live for
evermore; their reward also is with the
Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.
Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord’s hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.
For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.
For he which is
Lord over all shall fear no man’s person, neither shall he stand in
awe of any man’s greatness: for he hath made the small and great, and careth for all alike.
In that she is
conversant with God, she magnifieth her nobility:
yea, the
Lord of all things himself loved her.
Nevertheless, when I perceived that I could not otherwise obtain her, except God gave her me; and that was a point of wisdom also to know whose gift she was; I prayed unto the
Lord, and
besought him, and with my whole heart I said,
O God of my fathers, and Lord of mercy, who hast made all things with thy word,
For what man is he that can know the counsel of God? or who can think what the will of the Lord is?
She entered into the soul of the servant of the
Lord, and
withstood dreadful kings in wonders and signs;
Therefore the righteous
spoiled the ungodly, and praised thy holy name, O
Lord, and
magnified with one
accord thine hand, that fought for them.
For when they heard by their own punishments the other to be benefited, they had some feeling of the Lord.
But thou sparest all: for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls.
Therefore chastenest thou them by little and little that
offend, and warnest them by putting them in
remembrance wherein they have
offended, that leaving their wickedness they may believe on thee, O
Lord.
For thy power is the beginning of righteousness, and because thou art the
Lord of all, it maketh thee to be
gracious unto all.
With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.
For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?
For it was neither
herb, nor
mollifying plaister, that restored them to health: but thy word, O
Lord, which healeth all things.
That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovest, might know, that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man: but that it is thy word, which preserveth them that put their trust in thee.
For they went at large like horses, and
leaped like lambs, praising thee, O
Lord, who hadst delivered them.
For in all things, O
Lord, thou
didst magnify thy people, and
glorify them, neither
didst thou lightly regard them: but
didst assist them in every time and place.
All wisdom cometh from the Lord, and is with him for ever.
There is one wise and greatly to be feared, the Lord sitting upon his throne.
The fear of the
Lord maketh a
merry heart, and giveth joy, and
gladness, and a long life.
Whoso feareth the
Lord, it shall go well with him at the last, and he shall find favour in the day of his death.
To fear the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and it was created with the faithful in the
womb.
To fear the
Lord is
fulness of wisdom, and filleth men with her fruits.