Sirach 48:19-21

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Then the people’s hearts and hands
were shaken,
    and they were in agony
    like a woman who is in labor.
²⁰ They called upon the Lord
who is merciful,
        reaching out their hands to him.
    The holy one at once heard them
    from heaven,
        and he rescued them through Isaiah.
²¹ The Lord struck down
the camp of the Assyrians,
    and his messenger destroyed them.