Holy Scripture
1 Maccabees 3:51
Source: Septuagint
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51For thy sanctuary is trodden down and profaned, and thy priests are in heaviness, and brought low.
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49They brought also the priest’s garments, and the firstfruits, and the tithes: and the Nazirites they stirred up, who had accomplished their days.
50Then cried they with a loud voice toward heaven, saying, What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them away?
— 1 Maccabees 3:51 —
52And, lo, the heathen are assembled together against us to destroy us: what things they imagine against us, thou knowest.
53How shall we be able to stand against them, except thou, O God, be our help?