16:9. For she put off her the garments of widowhood, and put on her the garments of joy, to give joy to the children of Israel.
16:10. She anointed her face with ointment, and bound up her locks with a crown, she took a new robe to deceive him.
16:11. Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty made his soul her captive, with a sword she cut off his head.
16:12. The Persians quaked at her constancy, and the Medes at her boldness.
16:13. Then the camp of the Assyrians howled, when my lowly ones appeared, parched with thirst.
16:14. The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and they have killed them like children fleeing away: they perished in battle before the face of the Lord my God.
16:15. Let us sing a hymn to the Lord, let us sing a new hymn to our God.
16:16. O Adonai, Lord, great art thou, and glorious in thy power, and no one can overcome thee.
16:17. Let all thy creatures serve thee: because thou hast spoken, and they were made: thou didst send forth thy spirit, and they were created, and there is no one that can resist thy voice.
16:18. The mountains shall be moved from the foundations with the waters: the rocks shall melt as wax before thy face.