1 And Tobit wrote a prayer for rejoicing,
and said, “Blessed is God who lives forever!
Blessed is his kingdom!

2 For he scourges, and shows mercy.
He leads down to the grave,† and
brings up again. There is no one
who will escape his hand.

3 Give thanks to him before the Gentiles, all
you children of Israel! For he has
scattered us among them.

4 Declare his greatness, there.
Extol him before all the living,
because he is our Lord,
and God is our Father forever.

5 He will scourge us for our iniquities, and
will again show mercy, and will gather
us out of allthe nations among whom
you are all scattered.

6 If you turn to him with your whole heart
and with your whole soul, to do truth before him,
then he will turn to you, and won’t hide his face from you.
See what he will do with you. Give him thanks with your whole
mouth. Bless the Lord of righteousness. Exalt the everlasting King.
I give him thanks in the land of my captivity,
and show his strength and majesty to a nation of sinners.
Turn, you sinners, and do righteousness before him.
Who can tell if he will accept you and have mercy on you?

7 I exalt my God. My soul exalts the King of heaven,
and rejoices in his greatness.

8 Let all men speak, and let them
give him thanks in Jerusalem.

9 O Jerusalem, the holy city,
he will scourge you for the works of
your sons, and will again have mercy on the sons
of the righteous.