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Prayer of Azariah
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[2] Then Azariah stood and offered this prayer; in the
midst of the fire he opened his mouth and said:
[3] "Blessed art
thou, O Lord, God of our fathers, and worthy of praise; and thy name is
glorified for ever.
[4] For thou art just in all that thou hast done
to us, and all thy works are true and thy ways right, and all thy
judgments are truth.
[5] Thou hast executed true judgments in all
that thou hast brought upon us and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our
fathers, for in truth and justice thou hast brought all this upon us
because of our sins.
[6] For we have sinfully and lawlessly departed
from thee, and have sinned in all things and have not obeyed thy
commandments;
[7] we have not observed them or done them, as thou
hast commanded us that it might go well with us.
[8] So all that thou
hast brought upon us, and all that thou hast done to us, thou hast done in
true judgment.
[9] Thou hast given us into the hands of
lawless enemies, most hateful rebels, and to an unjust king, the most
wicked in all the world.
[10] And now we cannot open our
mouths; shame and disgrace have befallen thy servants and
worshipers.
[11] For thy name's sake do not give us up utterly, and
do not break thy covenant,
[12] and do not withdraw thy mercy from
us, for the sake of Abraham thy beloved and for the sake of Isaac thy
servant
and Israel thy holy one,
[13] to whom thou didst
promise to make their descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as
the sand on the shore of the sea.
[14] For we, O Lord, have become
fewer than any nation, and are brought low this day in all the
world because of our sins.
[15] And at this time there is no
prince, or prophet, or leader, no burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation,
or incense,
no place to make an offering before thee or to find
mercy.
[16] Yet with a contrite heart and a humble spirit may we be
accepted, as though it were with burnt offerings of rams and bulls, and
with tens of thousands of fat lambs;
[17] such may our sacrifice be in
thy sight this day, and may we wholly follow thee, for there will be no
shame for those who trust in thee.
[18] And now with all our heart we
follow thee, we fear thee and seek thy face.
[19] Do not put us to
shame, but deal with us in thy forbearance and in thy abundant
mercy.
[20] Deliver us in accordance with thy marvelous works, and
give glory to thy name, O Lord! Let all who do harm to thy servants be put to
shame;
[21] let them be disgraced and deprived of all power and
dominion, and let their strength be broken.
[22] Let them know that
thou art the Lord, the only God, glorious over the whole
world."
[23] Now the king's servants who threw them in did not cease feeding the furnace
fires with naphtha, pitch, tow, and brush.
[24] And the flame
streamed out above the furnace forty-nine cubits,
[25] and it broke
through and burned those of the Chaldeans whom it caught about the furnace.
[26] But the angel of the Lord came down into the furnace to be with
Azariah and his companions, and drove the fiery flame out of the furnace,
[27] and made the midst of the furnace like a moist whistling wind,
so that the fire did not touch them at all or hurt or trouble them.
[28] Then the three, as with one mouth, praised and glorified and blessed God in
the furnace, saying:
[29] "Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of our
fathers, and to be praised and highly exalted for ever;
[30] And
blessed is thy glorious, holy name and to be highly praised and highly
exalted for ever;
[31] Blessed art thou in the temple of thy holy
glory and to be extolled and highly glorified for ever.
[32]
Blessed art thou, who sittest upon cherubim and lookest upon the
deeps, and to be praised and highly exalted for ever.
[33] Blessed
art thou upon the throne of thy kingdom and to be extolled and highly exalted
for ever.
[34] Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven and to
be sung and glorified for ever.
[35] "Bless the Lord, all works of
the Lord, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
[36]
Bless the Lord, you heavens, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for
ever.
[37] Bless the Lord, you angels of the Lord, sing praise to
him and highly exalt him for ever.
[38] Bless the Lord, all waters
above the heaven, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for
ever.
[39] Bless the Lord, all powers, sing praise to him and
highly exalt him for ever.
[40] Bless the Lord, sun and moon, sing
praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
[41] Bless the Lord,
stars of heaven, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for
ever.
[42] Bless the Lord, all rain and dew, sing praise to him and
highly exalt him for ever.
[43] Bless the Lord, all winds, sing
praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
[44] Bless the Lord, fire
and heat, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
[45]
Bless the Lord, winter cold and summer heat, sing praise to him and highly
exalt him for ever.
[46] Bless the Lord, dews and snows, sing
praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
[47] Bless the Lord,
nights and days, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for
ever.
[48] Bless the Lord, light and darkness, sing praise to him
and highly exalt him for ever.
[49] Bless the Lord, ice and
cold, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
[50] Bless
the Lord, frosts and snows, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for
ever.
[51] Bless the Lord, lightnings and clouds, sing praise to
him and highly exalt him for ever.
[52] Let the earth bless the
Lord; let it sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
[53]
Bless the Lord, mountains and hills, sing praise to him and highly exalt him
for ever.
[54] Bless the Lord, all things that grow on the
earth, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
[55] Bless
the Lord, you springs, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for
ever.
[56] Bless the Lord, seas and rivers, sing praise to him and
highly exalt him for ever.
[57] Bless the Lord, you whales and all
creatures that move in the waters, sing praise to him and highly exalt him
for ever.
[58] Bless the Lord, all birds of the air, sing praise to
him and highly exalt him for ever.
[59] Bless the Lord, all beasts and
cattle, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
[60]
Bless the Lord, you sons of men, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for
ever.
[61] Bless the Lord, O Israel, sing praise to him and highly
exalt him for ever.
[62] Bless the Lord, you priests of the
Lord, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
[63] Bless
the Lord, you servants of the Lord, sing praise to him and highly exalt him
for ever.
[64] Bless the Lord, spirits and souls of the
righteous, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
[65]
Bless the Lord, you who are holy and humble in heart, sing praise to him and
highly exalt him for ever.
[66] Bless the Lord, Hananiah, Azariah, and
Mishael, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever; for he has
rescued us from Hades and saved us from the hand of death, and delivered
us from the midst of the burning fiery furnace; from the midst of the fire he
has delivered us.
[67] Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for
his mercy endures for ever.
[68] Bless him, all who worship the Lord,
the God of gods, sing praise to him and give thanks to him, for his mercy
endures for ever."