8:29. Now therefore pray for us, for thou art a holy woman, and one fearing God.
8:30. And Judith said to them: As you know that what I have been able to say is of God:
8:31. So that which I intend to do prove ye if it be of God, and pray that God may strengthen my design.
8:32. You shall stand at the gate this night, and I will go out with my maidservant: and pray ye, that as you have said, in five days the Lord may look down upon his people Israel.
8:33. But I desire that you search not into what I am doing, and till I bring you word let nothing else be done but to pray for me to the Lord our God.
8:34. And Ozias the prince of Juda said to her: Go in peace, and the Lord be with thee to take revenge of our enemies. So returning they departed.
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. Lord God of my father Simeon, who gavest him a sword to execute vengeance against strangers, who had defiled by their uncleanness, and uncovered the virgin unto confusion: