1  Then Judith sang this canticle to the Lord, saying

1  Then Judith began to sing this thanksgiving in all Israel, and all the people sang after her this song of praise.

2  “Call to the Lord with drums, sing to the Lord with cymbals, play for him a new psalm, exalt and invoke his name.

2  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.

3  The Lord crushes wars; the Lord is his name.

3  For God breaketh the battles: for among the camps in the midst of the people he hath delivered me out of the hands of them that persecuted me.

4  He has set up his camp in the midst of his people, to rescue us from the hand of all our enemies.

5  Assur came from the mountains, from the North, with the multitude of his strength. His multitude blockaded the torrents, and their horses covered the valleys.

Jdt16:4  Assur came out of the mountains from the north, he came with ten thousands of his army, the multitude whereof stopped the torrents, and their horsemen have covered the hills.

6  He told himself that he would set fire to my borders, and kill my young men with the sword, to give my children into plunder and my virgins into captivity.

Jdt16:5  He bragged that he would burn up my borders, and kill my young men with the sword, and dash the sucking children against the ground, and make mine infants as a prey, and my virgins as a spoil.

7  But the almighty Lord has harmed him, and he has delivered him into the hands of a woman, and he has pierced him through.

Jdt16:6  But the Almighty Lord hath disappointed them by the hand of a woman.

8  For their powerful one did not fall by young men, nor did the sons of Titan strike him, nor did lofty giants set themselves against him, but Judith, the daughter of Merari, dissolved him with the splendor of her face.

Jdt16:7  For the mighty one did not fall by the young men, neither did the sons of the Titans smite him, nor high giants set upon him: but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her countenance.

9  For she put away from herself the garments of widowhood, and she clothed herself with the garments of rejoicing, for the sake of the exultation of the sons of Israel.

Jdt16:8  For she put off the garment of her widowhood for the exaltation of those that were oppressed in Israel, and anointed her face with ointment, and bound her hair in a tire, and took a linen garment to deceive him.

10  She anointed her face with ointment, and she gathered the locks of her hair with a headdress; she accepted a new dress in order to deceive him.

11  Her sandals ravished his eyes; her beauty made his soul her captive; with a blade, she cut off his head.

12  The Persians were horrified at her constancy, and the Medes at her boldness.

Jdt16:10  The Persians quaked at her boldness, and the Medes were daunted at her hardiness.

13  Then the camp of the Assyrians howled, when my humble ones appeared, parched with thirst.

Jdt16:11  Then my afflicted shouted for joy, and my weak ones cried aloud; but they were astonished: these lifted up their voices, but they were overthrown.

14  The sons of the servant girls have pierced them through, and, like fleeing servants, they have killed them. They perished in battle before the face of the Lord, my God.

Jdt16:12  The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and wounded them as fugatives’ children: they perished by the battle of the Lord.

15  Let us sing a canticle to the Lord; let us sing a new hymn to our God.

Jdt16:13  I will sing unto the Lord a new song: O Lord, thou art great and glorious, wonderful in strength, and invincible.

16  O Adonai, O Lord, you are great, and splendor is in your virtue, and no one is able to overcome you.

17  Let all your creatures serve you. For you spoke, and they became. You sent forth your Spirit, and they were created. And there is no one who can withstand your voice.

Jdt16:14  Let all creatures serve thee: for thou spakest, and they were made, thou didst send forth thy spirit, and it created them, and there is none that can resist thy voice.

18  The mountains will be moved from the foundations by the waters. The rocks, like wax, will liquefy before your face.

Jdt16:15  For the mountains shall be moved from their foundations with the waters, the rocks shall melt as wax at thy presence: yet thou art merciful to them that fear thee.

19  But those who fear you will be great with you, throughout all things.

Jdt16:16  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.

20  Woe to the people that rises up against my people. For the Lord almighty will be vindicated against them; in the day of judgment, he will visit them.

Jdt16:17  Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! the Lord Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgement, in putting fire and worms in their flesh; and they shall feel them, and weep for ever.