TOBIT 13; TOBIT’S THANKSGIVING TO GOD
13 THEN TOBIT[A] SAID:
“BLESSED BE GOD WHO LIVES FOREVER,
BECAUSE HIS KINGDOM[B] LASTS THROUGHOUT ALL AGES.
2 FOR HE AFFLICTS, AND HE SHOWS MERCY;
HE LEADS DOWN TO HADES IN THE LOWEST REGIONS OF THE EARTH,
AND HE BRINGS UP FROM THE GREAT ABYSS,[C]
AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN ESCAPE HIS HAND