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Then Tobit spoke and wrote down a psalm in praise, saying, Bless the God who lives forever, and bless his kingdom,
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because he punishes and shows mercy. He brings people down to the underworld below the earth, and he himself raises people up from great destruction. What is there that escapes from his hand?
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Bear witness to him, Israelites, in the presence of the nations, because he has scattered you among them,
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and he has shown you his greatness there. Bring him honor in the presence of 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.
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He will punish you for your unjust acts, but he will also show all of you mercy and gather you together out of all the nations among which you have been scattered.