They had all gone from her presence, and no one was left in the bedchamber, small or great. Judith stood beside his bed and said in her heart: “Lord God of every power, look in this hour on the works of my hands, for the lifting up of Jerusalem.
In context
2Judith was left alone in the tent, with Holofernes sprawled forward on his bed, drowned in his wine. 3Judith had told her slave to stand outside the bedchamber and watch for her to come out, as on every other day; she had said she would be going out to her prayer, and she had spoken to Bagoas in the same terms. 4They had all gone from her presence, and no one was left in the bedchamber, small or great. Judith stood beside his bed and said in her heart: “Lord God of every power, look in this hour on the works of my hands, for the lifting up of Jerusalem. 5Now is the time to take hold of your inheritance, to turn what I have undertaken into a break in the ranks of the enemies who have risen against us.” 6She went to the bedpost at the head of Holofernes and took his short sword down from it.
