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Then Judith sung this canticle to the Lord, saying:
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Begin ye to the Lord with timbrels, sing ye to the Lord with cymbals, tune unto him a new psalm, extol and call upon his name.
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The Lord putteth an end to wars, the Lord is his name.
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He hath set his camp in the midst of his people, to deliver us from the hand of all our enemies.
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The Assyrians came out of the mountains from the north in the multitude of his strength: his multitude stopped up the torrents, and their horses covered the valleys.