1 Maccabees 3:53
King James VersionSource notes
“How shall we be able to stand against them, except thou, O God, be our help?”
Context
50Then cried they with a loud voice toward heaven, saying, What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them away?
51For thy sanctuary is trodden down and profaned, and thy priests are in heaviness, and brought low.
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?
54Then sounded they with trumpets, and cried with a loud voice.
55And after this Judas ordained captains over the people, even captains over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.
56But as for such as were building houses, or had betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, those he commanded that they should return, every man to his own house, according to the law.