Deal with me according to your pleasure; command my spirit to be taken up, that I may be released from the face of the earth and become dust. It is better for me to die than to live...Command that I now be released from my distress; release me to go to the eternal abode; and do not, O Lord, turn your face away from me. For it is better for me to die than to see much distress in my life and listen to such insults." (Tobit 3:5-6)
