After her powerfully prophetic speech, Judith offers a personal prayer, a supplication inspired by various psalms. The devout Jew understands from experience that arrogance is worthless before God; that before Him, the arrogant and proud seem invisible, and that God’s gaze is fixed on the humble. In short, Judith pleads with God to fulfill the core belief of her faith and that of her people: God is the only strength of the weak and the small.