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Then Tobit wrote a prayer of rejoicing, and said: "Blessed is God who lives for ever, and blessed is his kingdom.
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For he afflicts, and he shows mercy; he leads down to Hades, and brings up again, and there is no one who can escape his hand.
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Acknowledge him before the nations, O sons of Israel; for he has scattered us among them.
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Make his greatness known there, and exalt him in the presence of all the living; because he is our Lord and God, he is our Father for ever.
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He will afflict us for our iniquities; and again he will show mercy, and will gather us from all the nations among whom you have been scattered.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.