1 Then in my grief I wept, and I prayed in anguish, saying,
2 "Righteous art thou, O Lord; all thy deeds and all they ways are mercy and truth, and thou dost render true and righteous judgment for ever.
3 Remember me and look favorably upon me; do not punish me for my sins and for my unwitting offences and those which my fathers committed before thee.
4 For they disobeyed thy commandments, and thou gavest us over to plunder, captivity, and death; thou madest us a byword of reproach in all the nations among which we have been dispersed.
5 And now thy many judgments are true in exacting penalty from me for my sins and those of my fathers, because we did not keep thy commandments. For we did not walk in truth before thee.
6 And now deal with me according to thy pleasure; command my spirit to be taken up, that I may depart and become dust. For it is better for me to die than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and great is the sorrow within me. Command that I now be released from my distress to go to the eternal abode; do not turn thy face away from me."
7 On the same day, at Ecbatana in Media, it also happened that Sarah, the daughter of Raguel, was reproached by her father's maids,
8 because she had been given to seven husbands, and the evil demon Asmodeus had slain each of them before he had been with her as his wife. So the maids said to her, "Do you not know that you strangle your husbands? You already have had seven and have had no benefit from any of them.
9 Why do you beat us? If they are dead, go with them! May we never see a son or daughter of yours!"
10 When she heard these things she was deeply grieved, even to the thought of hanging herself. But she said, "I am the only child of my father; if I do this, it will be a disgrace to him, and I shall bring his old age down in sorrow to the grave.
11 So she prayed by her window and said, "Blessed art thou, O Lord my God, and blessed is thy holy and honored name for ever. May all thy works praise thee for ever.
12 And now, O Lord, I have turned my eyes and my face toward thee.
13 Command that I be released from the earth and that I hear reproach no more.
14 Thou knowest, O Lord, that I am innocent of any sin with man,
15 and that I did not stain my name or the name of my father in the land of my captivity. I am my father's only child, and he has no child to be his heir, no near kinsman or kinsman's son for whom I should keep myself as wife. Already seven husbands of mine are dead. Why should I live? But if it be not pleasing to thee to take my life, command that respect be shown to me and pity be taken upon me, and that I hear reproach no more."
16 The prayer of both was heard in the presence of the glory of the great God.
17 And Raphael was sent to heal the two of them: to scale away the white films of Tobit's eyes; to give Sarah the daughter of Raguel in marriage to Tobias the son of Tobit, and to bind Asmodeus the evil demon, because Tobias was entitled to possess her. At that very moment Tobit returned and entered his house and Sarah the daughter of Raguel came down from her upper room.
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Tobias chapter 3 reports the prayer of Sara, daughter of Raguel, who was distressed because of a demon who pursued and terrified her, causing her to want death. Tobias, a relative of Sara, is sent to heal her and end the harm that haunted her. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Tobias 3:
Tobias 6:16: "Then Rafael called them both and said unto them, 'Bendize God and proclaim before all the living the good works He has done for you, giving him thanks loud." This verse highlights the importance of thanking God for His blessings, something that is done throughout the prayer of Sarah.
2 Corinthians 12:7: "And so that it would not teach me with the greatness of the revelations, I was put a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to slap myself, so that it does not exalt too much." This verse talks about the apostle Paul, who also faced a messenger from Satan, as Sarah, and how he prayed for God to help him.
James 4:7: "Subject to God, but resist the devil, and he shall run away from you." This verse encourages Christians to resist the devil and trust God to help them overcome their temptations and trials.
1 Peter 5:8-9: "Sober and vigilant thirst, because the Devil, your adversary, is melting, bustling as a lion, seeking to those who can swallow; to which resisted firm in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are fulfilled between your brothers in the world. " This verse talks about the need to be alert and resist the devil, for he is always looking for someone to try.
Ephesians 6:12: "For we do not have to fight against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the princes of darkness of this century, against the spiritual hosts of evil in the heavenly places." This verse talks about the spiritual nature of the battle that Christians face, and how they must be equipped with God's armor to resist the devil's onslaught.
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