Tobit 3:10-12

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Sarah’s Prayer for Death

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.”^{[a] 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.