5 And Judith told her handmaid to stand outside before the chamber, and to watch.
6 And Judith stood in front of the bed, praying with tears, and her lips moved in silence,
7 saying: "Confirm me, O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour look kindly upon the works of my hands, so that, just as you promised, you may raise up Jerusalem, your city, and so that, believing through you that this plan is able to be accomplished, I may succeed."
8 And when she had said this, she approached the pillar, which was at the head of the bed, and she released his blade, which was hanging tied to it.
9 And when she had unsheathed it, she grabbed him by the hair of his head, and she said, "Confirm me, O Lord God, in this hour."
10 And she struck him twice on his neck, and she cut off his head, and she took off his canopy from the pillars, and she rolled away the trunk of his body.
11 And after a little while, she went out, and she delivered the head of Holofernes to her handmaid, and she ordered her to put it in her bag.