¹Quibus ascendentibus,And when they were gone,Judith ingressa est oratorium suum:Judith entered her place of prayer.et induens se cilicio,And clothing herself with haircloth,posuit cinerem super caput suum:she placed ashes on her head.et prosternens se Domino,And prostrating herself to the Lord,clamabat ad Dominum,she cried out to the Lord,dicens:saying:

¹Quibus ascendentibus,And when they were gone,Judith ingressa est oratorium suum:Judith entered her place of prayer.et induens se cilicio,And clothing herself with haircloth,posuit cinerem super caput suum:she placed ashes on her head.et prosternens se Domino,And prostrating herself to the Lord,clamabat ad Dominum,she cried out to the Lord,dicens:saying:

²Domine Deus patris mei Simeon,“O Lord, God of my father Simeon,qui dedisti illi gladium in defensionem alienigenarum,you gave him a sword to defend against foreigners,qui violatores extiterunt in coinquinatione sua,who stood out as violators by their defilement,et denudaverunt femur virginis in confusionem:and who uncovered the thigh of the virgin unto shame.

²Domine Deus patris mei Simeon,“O Lord, God of my father Simeon,qui dedisti illi gladium in defensionem alienigenarum,you gave him a sword to defend against foreigners,qui violatores extiterunt in coinquinatione sua,who stood out as violators by their defilement,et denudaverunt femur virginis in confusionem:and who uncovered the thigh of the virgin unto shame.

³et dedisti mulieres illorum in prædam,And you gave their wives into plunder,et filias illorum in captivitatem:and their daughters into captivity,et omnem prædam in divisionem servis tuis,and all their spoils to be divided to the servants,qui zelaverunt zelum tuum:who were zealous with your zeal.subveni,Bring help,quæso te,I ask you,Domine Deus meus,O Lord my God,mihi viduæ.to me, a widow.

³et dedisti mulieres illorum in prædam,And you gave their wives into plunder,et filias illorum in captivitatem:and their daughters into captivity,et omnem prædam in divisionem servis tuis,and all their spoils to be divided to the servants,qui zelaverunt zelum tuum:who were zealous with your zeal.subveni,Bring help,quæso te,I ask you,Domine Deus meus,O Lord my God,mihi viduæ.to me, a widow.

⁴Tu enim fecisti priora,For you have acted in the past,et illa post illa cogitasti:and you have decided one thing after another.et hoc factum est quod ipse voluisti.And what you have willed, this too has happened.

⁴Tu enim fecisti priora,For you have acted in the past,et illa post illa cogitasti:and you have decided one thing after another.et hoc factum est quod ipse voluisti.And what you have willed, this too has happened.

⁵Omnes enim viæ tuæ paratæ sunt,For all your ways have been prepared,et tua judicia in tua providentia posuisti.and you have placed your judgments within your providence.

⁵Omnes enim viæ tuæ paratæ sunt,For all your ways have been prepared,et tua judicia in tua providentia posuisti.and you have placed your judgments within your providence.

⁶Respice castra Assyriorum nunc,Look upon the camp of the Assyrians now,sicut tunc castra Ægyptiorum videre dignatus es,just as you deigned to look upon the camp of the Egyptians,quando post servos tuos armati currebant,when their weapons rushed after your servants,confidentes in quadrigis,trusting in their four-horse chariots,et in equitatu suo,and in their horsemen,et in multitudine bellatorum.and in a multitude of warriors.

⁶Respice castra Assyriorum nunc,Look upon the camp of the Assyrians now,sicut tunc castra Ægyptiorum videre dignatus es,just as you deigned to look upon the camp of the Egyptians,quando post servos tuos armati currebant,when their weapons rushed after your servants,confidentes in quadrigis,trusting in their four-horse chariots,et in equitatu suo,and in their horsemen,et in multitudine bellatorum.and in a multitude of warriors.

⁷Sed aspexisti super castra eorum,But you gazed upon their camp,et tenebræ fatigaverunt eos.and darkness wearied them.

⁷Sed aspexisti super castra eorum,But you gazed upon their camp,et tenebræ fatigaverunt eos.and darkness wearied them.

⁸Tenuit pedes eorum abyssus,The abyss took hold of their feet,et aquæ operuerunt eos.and the waters covered them.

⁸Tenuit pedes eorum abyssus,The abyss took hold of their feet,et aquæ operuerunt eos.and the waters covered them.

⁹Sic fiant et isti,So may it be with these also,Domine,O Lord,qui confidunt in multitudine sua,who trust in their multitude,et in curribus suis,and in their swift chariots,et in contis,and in their pikes,et in scutis,and in their shields,et in sagittis suis,and in their arrows,et in lanceis gloriantur,and the glory in their lances.

⁹Sic fiant et isti,So may it be with these also,Domine,O Lord,qui confidunt in multitudine sua,who trust in their multitude,et in curribus suis,and in their swift chariots,et in contis,and in their pikes,et in scutis,and in their shields,et in sagittis suis,and in their arrows,et in lanceis gloriantur,and the glory in their lances.

¹⁰et nesciunt quia tu ipse es Deus noster,And they do not know that you are our God,qui conteris bella ab initio,who crushes wars from the beginning,et Dominus nomen est tibi.and the Lord is your name.

¹⁰et nesciunt quia tu ipse es Deus noster,And they do not know that you are our God,qui conteris bella ab initio,who crushes wars from the beginning,et Dominus nomen est tibi.and the Lord is your name.

¹¹Erige brachium tuum sicut ab initio,Raise up your arm, just as from the beginning,et allide virtutem illorum in virtute tua:and throw down their power by your power.cadat virtus eorum in iracundia tua,Let their power fall, in their anger,qui promittunt se violare sancta tua,for they promise themselves to violate your sanctuary,et polluere tabernaculum nominis tui,and to pollute the tabernacle of your name,et dejicere gladio suo cornu altaris tui.and to cut down by their sword the horn of your altar.

¹¹Erige brachium tuum sicut ab initio,Raise up your arm, just as from the beginning,et allide virtutem illorum in virtute tua:and throw down their power by your power.cadat virtus eorum in iracundia tua,Let their power fall, in their anger,qui promittunt se violare sancta tua,for they promise themselves to violate your sanctuary,et polluere tabernaculum nominis tui,and to pollute the tabernacle of your name,et dejicere gladio suo cornu altaris tui.and to cut down by their sword the horn of your altar.

¹²Fac,Act,Domine,O Lord,ut gladio proprio ejus superbia amputetur:so that his arrogance may be cut off with his own sword.

¹²Fac,Act,Domine,O Lord,ut gladio proprio ejus superbia amputetur:so that his arrogance may be cut off with his own sword.

¹³capiatur laqueo oculorum suorum in me,Let him be seized by the snare of his own eyes in my regard,et percuties eum ex labiis caritatis meæ.and may you strike him by the attraction of my lips.

¹³capiatur laqueo oculorum suorum in me,Let him be seized by the snare of his own eyes in my regard,et percuties eum ex labiis caritatis meæ.and may you strike him by the attraction of my lips.

¹⁴Da mihi in animo constantiam ut contemnam illum,Give me constancy in my soul, so that I may hold him in contempt,et virtutem,and give me virtue,ut evertam illum.so that I may overthrow him.

¹⁴Da mihi in animo constantiam ut contemnam illum,Give me constancy in my soul, so that I may hold him in contempt,et virtutem,and give me virtue,ut evertam illum.so that I may overthrow him.

¹⁵Erit enim hoc memoriale nominis tui,For this will be a memorial to your name,cum manus feminæ dejecerit eum.when he will be overthrown by the hand of a woman.

¹⁵Erit enim hoc memoriale nominis tui,For this will be a memorial to your name,cum manus feminæ dejecerit eum.when he will be overthrown by the hand of a woman.

¹⁶Non enim in multitudine est virtus tua,For your power,Domine,O Lord,neque in equorum viribus voluntas tua est,is not in numbers,nec superbi ab initio placuerunt tibi:nor is your will with the strength of horses,sed humiliumnor from the beginning have the arrogant been pleasing to you.et mansuetorum semper tibi placuit deprecatio.But the pleas of the humble and the meek have always pleased you.

¹⁶Non enim in multitudine est virtus tua,For your power,Domine,O Lord,neque in equorum viribus voluntas tua est,is not in numbers,nec superbi ab initio placuerunt tibi:nor is your will with the strength of horses,sed humiliumnor from the beginning have the arrogant been pleasing to you.et mansuetorum semper tibi placuit deprecatio.But the pleas of the humble and the meek have always pleased you.

¹⁷Deus cælorum,O God of the heavens,creator aquarum, et Dominus totius creaturæ,Creator of the waters, and Lord of all creation,exaudi me miseram deprecantem,heed me, a miserable thing,et de tua misericordia præsumentem.pleading you and depending on your mercy.

¹⁷Deus cælorum,O God of the heavens,creator aquarum, et Dominus totius creaturæ,Creator of the waters, and Lord of all creation,exaudi me miseram deprecantem,heed me, a miserable thing,et de tua misericordia præsumentem.pleading you and depending on your mercy.

¹⁸Memento,Remember,Domine,O Lord,testamenti tui,your covenant,et da verbum in ore meo,and put your words in my mouth,et in corde meo consilium corrobora,and reinforce the plan in my heart,ut domus tua in sanctificatione tua permaneat:so that your house may continue with your sanctification,

¹⁸Memento,Remember,Domine,O Lord,testamenti tui,your covenant,et da verbum in ore meo,and put your words in my mouth,et in corde meo consilium corrobora,and reinforce the plan in my heart,ut domus tua in sanctificatione tua permaneat:so that your house may continue with your sanctification,

¹⁹et omnes gentes agnoscant quia tu es Deus,and so that all the nations may acknowledge that you are God,et non est alius præter te.and there is no other beside you.”

¹⁹et omnes gentes agnoscant quia tu es Deus,and so that all the nations may acknowledge that you are God,et non est alius præter te.and there is no other beside you.”