13: 1 - 18 (translated by Edgar Goodspeed)
Then Tobit wrote a prayer of rejoicing, and said, "Blessed be God who lives forever, and blessed be His Kingdom, for He flogs, and He has mercy; He takes men down to Hades, and He brings them up, and there is no one who can escape His hand. Give thanks to Him, Israelites, before the heathen, for He has scattered you among them. Show His majesty there; exalt Him in the presence of every living being, for He is our Lord and God, He is our father forever. He will flog us for our wrongdoing, and He will show mercy again and gather us from all the heathen wherever you are scattered. If you turn to Him with all your heart, and with all your soul, to act truly in His sight, then He will turn to you, and He wil not hide His face from you. See how He will deal with you, and give Him thanks with your full voice. Bless the Lord of Righteousness and exalt the King of the Ages. In the land of my captivity I give Him thanks, and I show His might and His majesty to a nation of sinners: 'Turn to Him, you sinners, and do what is right in His sight; who knows but He will be pleased with you, and show you mercy?' I exalt my God; my soul exalts the King of Heven, and exults in His majesty. Let all speak and give Him thanks in Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, the holy city, He will flog you for the doings of your sons, and again He will have mercy on the sons of the upright. Give thanks to the Lord in goodness, and bless the King of the Ages, that His tent may be rebuilt in you with joy. May He make glad in you those who are captives, and the miserable may He love in you, to all generations, forever. Many nations will come from afar to the name of the Lord God, bearing gifts in their hands, gifts for the King of Heaven. Generations of generations will bring you exultation. Cursed be all who hate You! Blessed forever shall be all who love you. Rejoice and exult in the sons of the upright, for they will be gathered together, and they will bless the Lord of the upright. Blessed are those who love You! They will rejoice in Your peace. Blessed are those who grieved over all your stripes, for they will be glad about You, when they see all Your glory, and they will rejoice forever. Let my soul bless God, the great King, for Jerusalem will be built of sapphire and emerald, and her walls of precious stones, and her towers and battlements of pure gold; and the streets of Jerusalem will be paved with beryl and ruby and stones of Ophir, and all her lanes shall say 'Hallelujah,' and shall utter praise, saying, 'Blessed be God, who has raised you up forever.'"
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