1. Then Tobit spoke and wrote down a psalm in praise, saying,Bless the God who lives forever,and bless his kingdom,
2. because he punishes and shows mercy.He brings people down to the underworld below the earth,and he himself raises peopleup from great destruction.What is there that escapesfrom his hand?
3. Bear witness to him, Israelites,in the presence of the nations,because he has scattered youamong them,
4. and he has shown youhis greatness there.Bring him honor in the presenceof everything that lives,because he is our Lord:he himself is our God;he himself is our father,and he is God forever and always.