Tobit 13:2-4

Common English Bible

²     because he punishes and shows mercy.
He brings people^[a] down to the underworld below the earth,
    and he himself raises people
    up from great destruction.
    What is there that escapes
    from his hand?^[b]
3 Bear witness to him, Israelites,
    in the presence of the nations,
    because he has scattered you
    among them,
⁴     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.