Judith 7:21 CPDV

¹⁹  'We have sinned like our fathers, we have acted unjustly, we have committed iniquity.

²⁰  May you have mercy on us, for you are pious, or with your own scourges avenge our iniquities, but do not be willing to deliver those trusting in you to a people who are ignorant of you,

²¹  so that they may not say among the Gentiles, 'Where is their God?'

²²  And when, being weary from these outcries, and tired from these weepings, they became silent,

²³  Uzziah, rising up covered in tears, said: 'Be steadfast in soul, brothers, and let us wait these five days for mercy from the Lord.