1. Then Judith sang a song of thanksgiving there with all Israel present, and the people joined in this song of praise.
2. She sang,“Praise my God and sing to him;praise the Lord with drums and cymbals;play a new song for him.Praise him and call on him for help.
3. The Lord is a warrior who ends war.He rescued me from my pursuersand brought me back to his people's camp.
4. Down from the mountains of the north came the Assyrians,with their tens of thousands of soldiers.Their troops blocked the rivers in the valleys;their cavalry covered the mountains.
5. They threatened to set fire to our country,slaughter our young men,dash our babies to the ground,take our children away as captives,and carry off all our young women.
6. But the Lord Almighty tricked them;he used a woman to stop them.
23-24. Her fame continued to spread, and she lived in the house her husband had left her. Before she died, Judith divided her property among her husband's and her own close relatives and set her slave woman free. When she died in Bethulia at the age of 105, she was buried beside her husband, and the people of Israel mourned her death for seven days.