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CHAPTER 9. The Prayer of Judith. * 1 Judith fell prostrate, put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the sackcloth she was wearing. Just as the evening incense was being offered in the temple of God in Jerusalem, Judith cried loudly to the Lord: a 2 “Lord, God of my father Simeon, into whose hand you put a sword to take revenge upon the foreigners * who had defiled a virgin by violating her ...
Judith Chapter 9. Judith's prayer, to beg of God to fortify her in her undertaking. 9:1. And when they were gone, Judith went into her oratory: and putting on haircloth, laid ashes on her head: and falling down prostrate before the Lord, she cried to the Lord, saying: 9:2.
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For they plan to profane your holy places, to defile the tabernacle, the resting place of your glorious name, and to hack down the horn of your altar. 9 Observe their arrogance, send your fury on their heads, give the strength I have in mind to this widow's hand. 10 By guile of my lips strike down slave with master, and master with retainer.
The Prayer of Judith. 9 Then Judith prostrated herself, put ashes on her head, and uncovered the sackcloth she was wearing. At the very time when the evening incense was being offered in the house of God in Jerusalem, Judith cried out to the Lord with a loud voice, and said, 2 “O Lord God of my ancestor Simeon, to whom you gave a sword to ...
Esther. Together with Tobit and Judith, the book of Esther forms a special grouping within the historical books of the Old Testament. The Jews include it as the eighth book of the Ketubim (= writings) and the fifth in the Meghillth (= scrolls), which were used in the liturgy. Her earlier name was Hadassah, the daughter of Abigail, of the tribe ...
The name Judith ( Hebrew: יְהוּדִית, Modern: Yəhūdīt, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏīṯ ), meaning "praised" or "Jewess", [1] is the feminine form of Judah . The surviving manuscripts of Greek translations appear to contain several historical anachronisms, which is why some Protestant scholars now consider the book non-historical.
Like Jael, who drove a tent peg through the head of Sisera , Judith kills an enemy general. Like Deborah (Jgs 4–5), Judith “judges” Israel in the time of military crisis. Like Sarah, the mother of Israel’s future , Judith’s beauty deceives foreigners, with the result that blessings redound to Israel (Gn 12:11–20). Her Hebrew name ...
