Judas Maccabaeus (Escèna II): Aria: "How vain is man, who boasts in fight" (Judas Maccabaeus) HWV 63

Oratoris
Solistes, cor i orquestra

Acte II
27	Chorus: "Fall'n is the foe; so fall Thy foes, oh Lord!"

28	Recitative: "Victorious hero! Fame shall tell" (Israelitish Man)
29	Aria: "So rapid thy course is" (Israelitish Man)
30	Recitative: "Well may we hope our freedom to receive" (Israelitish Man) an
31	Duet: "Sion now her head shall raise" (Israelitish Woman and Man)
33	Recitative: "Oh let eternal honourscrown his name" (Israelitish Woman)
34	Aria: "From mighty kings he took the spoil" (Israelitish Woman)
35	Duet: "Hail, hail, Judea, happy land"
37	Recitative: "Thanks to my brethren; but look up to Heav'n" (Judas Maccabaeus)
38	Aria: "How vain is man, who boasts in fight" (Judas Maccabaeus)
39	Recitative: "Oh Judas, oh my brethren" (Messenger)
40	Aria: "Ah! Wretched, wretched Israel" (Israelitish Woman)
42	Recitative: "Be comforted, -nor think these plagues are sent" (Simon)
43	Aria: "The Lord worketh wonders" (Simon)
44	Recitative: "My arms! - against this Gorgias will I go" (Judas Maccabaeus)
45	Aria: "Sound an alarm! Your silver trumpets sound" (Judas Maccabaeus)
47	Recitative: "Enough! To Heav'n we leave the rest" (Simon)
48	Aria: "With pious hearts, and brave as pious" (Simon)
49	Recitative: "Ye worshippers of God" (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman)
50	Aria: "Wise men, flatt'ring, may deceive us" (Israelitish Woman)
51	Duet: "Oh! Never, never bow we down" (Israelitish Woman and Man)
52	Chorus: "We never, never will bow down"