4. And all went away from her presence, and none was left in the bedchamber, neither small nor great. And Judith, standing by his bed, said in her heart, O Lord God of all power, look in this hour upon the works of my hands for the exaltation of Jerusalem.
5. For now is the time to help your inheritance, and to do the thing that I have purposed to the destruction of the enemies which are risen up against us.
6. And she came to the rail of the bed, which was at Holofernes’ head, and took down his scimitar from thence;