Tobit 3:11-15

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Footnotes

1. Tobit 3:15 Gk his
2. 3.11-15 The Vulgate version of this prayer (verses 13-23) reads as follows: “¹³ She said: Blessed is thy name, O God of our fathers: who when thou hast been angry wilt show mercy, and in the time of tribulation forgivest the sins of them that call upon thee. ¹⁴ To thee, O Lord, I turn my face, to thee I direct my eyes. ¹⁵ 1 beg, O Lord, that thou loose me from the bond of this reproach, or else take me away from the earth. ¹⁶ Thou knowest, O Lord, that I never coveted a husband, and have kept my soul clean from all lust. ¹⁷ Never have I joined myself with them that play; neither have I made myself partaker with them that walk in lightness. ¹⁸ But a husband I consented to take, with thy fear, not with my lust. ¹⁹ And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man, ²⁰ for thy counsel is not in man’s power. ²¹ But this every one is sure of that worshippeth thee, that his life, if it be under trial, shall be crowned: and if it be under tribulation, it shall be delivered: and if it be under correction, it shall be allowed to come to thy mercy. ²² For thou art not delighted in our being lost: because after a storm thou makest a calm, and after tears and weeping thou pourest in joyfulness. ²³ Be thy name, O God of Israel, blessed for ever.”