3:8. Because she had been given to seven husbands and a devil named Asmodeus had killed them, at their first going in unto her.
3:9. So when she reproved the maid for her fault, she answered her, saying: May we never see son, or daughter of thee upon the earth, thou murderer of thy husbands.
3:10. Wilt thou kill me also, as thou hast already killed seven husbands? At these words, she went into an upper chamber of her house: and for three days and three nights did neither eat nor drink:
3:11. But continuing in prayer with tears besought God, that he would deliver her from this reproach.
3:12. And it came to pass on the third day when she was making an end of her prayer, blessing the Lord,
3:13. She said: Blessed is thy name, O God of our fathers, who when thou hast been angry, wilt shew mercy, and in the time of tribulation forgivest the sins of them that call upon thee.
3:14. To thee, O Lord, I turn my face, to thee I direct my eyes.
3:15. I beg, O Lord, that thou loose me from the bond of this reproach, or else take me away from the earth.
3:16. Thou knowest, O Lord, that I never coveted a husband, and have kept my soul clean from all lust.
3:17. Never have I joined myself with them that play: neither have I made myself partaker with them that walk in lightness.