4 Maccabees 17:4

4 Take courage, therefore, O holy-minded mother, maintaining firm an enduring hope in God.

4 Maccabees 17:4 In-Context

2 O mother, who with your seven sons nullified the violence of the tyrant, frustrated his evil designs, and showed the courage of your faith!

3 Nobly set like a roof on the pillars of your sons, you held firm and unswerving against the earthquake of the tortures.

4 Take courage, therefore, O holy-minded mother, maintaining firm an enduring hope in God.

5 The moon in heaven, with the stars, does not stand so august as you, who, after lighting the way of your star-like seven sons to piety, stand in honor before God and are firmly set in heaven with them.

6 For your children were true descendants of father Abraham.