Prayer of Azariah 1
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1They walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord. 2Then Azarias stood, and prayed like this. Opening his mouth in the midst of the fire he said, 3“Blessed are you, O Lord, you God of our fathers! Your name is worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore; 4for you are righteous in all the things that you have done. Yes, all your works are true. Your ways are right, and all your judgments are truth. 5In all the things that you have brought upon us, and upon the holy city of our fathers, Jerusalem, you have executed true judgments. For according to truth and justice you have brought all these things upon us because of our sins. 6For we have sinned and committed iniquity in departing from you. 7In all things we have trespassed, and not obeyed your commandments or kept them. We haven’t done as you have commanded us, that it might go well with us. 8Therefore all that you have brought upon us, and everything that you have done to us, you have done in true judgment. 9You delivered us into the hands of lawless enemies, most hateful rebels, and to an unjust king who is the most wicked in all the world. 10And now we can’t open our mouth. Shame and reproach have come on your servants and those who worship you. 11Don’t utterly deliver us up, for your name’s sake. Don’t annul your covenant. 12Don’t cause your mercy to depart from us, for the sake of Abraham who is loved by you, and for the sake of Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one, 13to whom you promised that you would multiply their offspring as the stars of the sky, and as the sand that is on the sea shore. 14For we, O Lord, have become less than any nation, and are brought low this day in all the world because of our sins. 15There isn’t at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place to offer before you, and to find mercy. 16Nevertheless in a contrite heart and a humble spirit let us be accepted, 17like the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like ten thousands of fat lambs. So let our sacrifice be in your sight this day, that we may wholly go after you, for they shall not be ashamed who put their trust in you. 18And now we follow you with all our heart. We fear you, and seek your face. 19Put us not to shame; but deal with us after your kindness, and according to the multitude of your mercy. 20Deliver us also according to your marvelous works, and give glory to your name, O Lord. Let all those who harm your servants be confounded. 21Let them be ashamed of all their power and might, and let their strength be broken. 22Let them know that you are the Lord, the only God, and glorious over the whole world.” 23The king’s servants who put them in didn’t stop making the furnace hot with naphtha, pitch, tinder, and small wood, 24so that the flame streamed out forty nine cubits above the furnace. 25It spread and burned those Chaldeans whom it found around the furnace. 26But the angel of the Lord came down into the furnace together with Azarias and his fellows, and he struck the flame of the fire out of the furnace, 27and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire didn’t touch them at all. It neither hurt nor troubled them. 28Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying, 29“Blessed are you, O Lord, you God of our fathers, to be praised and exalted above all forever! 30Blessed is your glorious and holy name, to be praised and exalted above all forever! 31Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory, to be praised and glorified above all forever! 32Blessed are you who see the depths and sit upon the cherubim, to be praised and exalted above all forever. 33Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom, to be praised and extolled above all forever! 34Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven, to be praised and glorified forever! 35O all you works of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 36O you heavens, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all for ever! 37O you angels of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 38O all you waters that are above the sky, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 39O all you powers of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 40O you sun and moon, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 41O you stars of heaven, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 42O every shower and dew, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 43O all you winds, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 44O you fire and heat, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 46O you dews and storms of snow, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 47O you nights and days, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 48O you light and darkness, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 49O you cold and heat, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 50O you frost and snow, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 51O you lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 52O let the earth bless the Lord! Let it praise and exalt him above all forever! 53O you mountains and hills, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 54O all you things that grow on the earth, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 55O sea and rivers, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 56O you springs, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 57O you whales and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 58O all you birds of the air, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 59O all you beasts and cattle, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 60O you children of men, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 61O let Israel bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever. 62O you priests of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 63O you servants of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 64O you spirits and souls of the righteous, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 65O you who are holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever! 66O Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever; for he has rescued us from Hades, and saved us from the hand of death! He has delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame. He has delivered us out of the midst of the fire. 67O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy is forever. 68O all you who worship the Lord, bless the God of gods, praise him, and give him thanks; for his mercy is forever!”
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