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And Judith from afar off cried to the watchmen upon the walls: Open the gates for God is with us, who hath shewn his power in Israel.
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And it came to pass, when the men had heard her voice, that they called the ancients of the city.
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And all ran to meet her from the least to the greatest: for they now had no hopes that she would come.
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And lighting up lights they all gathered round about her: and she went up to a higher place, and commanded silence to be made. And when all had held their peace,
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Judith said: Praise ye the Lord our God, who hath not forsaken them that hope in him.