Song of Three Youths

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And they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord. ²Then ^aAzarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and ^bopening his mouth in the midst of the fire, said,

³^bbBlessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: thy name is worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore: ⁴for ^cthou art righteous in all the things that thou hast done to us: yea, true are all thy works, ^dthy ways are right, and ^dall thy judgments are truth. ⁵In all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon ^ethe holy city of our fathers, even Jerusalem, thou hast executed true judgment: for according to truth and judgment didst thou bring all these things upon us because of our sins. ⁶For ^fwe have sinned and committed iniquity, departing from thee. ⁷In all things have we trespassed, and not obeyed thy commandments, nor kept them, neither done as thou hast commanded us, ^gthat it might go well with us. ⁸Wherefore all that thou hast brought upon us, and every thing that thou hast done to us, thou hast done in true judgment. ⁹And thou didst deliver us into the hands of lawless enemies, most hateful ^ggforsakers of God, and to ^han unjust king, and the most wicked in all the world. ¹⁰And now we cannot open our mouths, ⁱwe are become a shame and reproach to thy servants, and to them that worship thee. ¹¹Yet deliver us not up ^jwholly, for thy name’s sake, neither ^kdisannul thou thy covenant: ¹²and cause not thy mercy to depart from us, for ^lthy beloved Abraham’s sake, for thy servant Isaac’s sake, and for thy holy Israel’s sake; ¹³to whom thou hast spoken and promised, ^mthat thou wouldest multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and ^mas the sand that lieth upon the sea shore. ¹⁴For ⁿwe, O ^oLord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this day in all the world because of our sins. ¹⁵Neither is there at this time prince, ^por prophet, or leader, or burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or ^qplace to sacrifice before thee, and to find mercy. ¹⁶Nevertheless in ^ra contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be accepted. ¹⁷^sLike as in the burnt offering of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs: so ^slet our sacrifice be in thy sight this day, and grant that we may ^twholly go after thee: for ^uthey shall not be confounded that put their trust in thee. ¹⁸And now we follow thee with all our heart, we fear thee, and seek thy face. ¹⁹^uPut us not to shame: but ^xdeal with us after thy ^ylovingkindness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies. ²⁰Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works, and ^zgive glory to thy name, O Lord: and let all them that do thy servants hurt be ashamed; ²¹and let them be confounded in all their power and might, and let their strength be broken; ²²and ^alet them know that thou art Lord, the only God, and glorious over ^bthe whole world.

²³And the king’s servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the oven hot with rosin, pitch, ^ctow, and small wood; ²⁴so that ^dthe flame streamed forth above the furnace forty and nine cubits. ²⁵And it passed through, and ^dburnt those Chaldeans it found about the furnace. ²⁶But ^ethe angel of the Lord came down into the oven together ^fwith Azarias and his fellows, and smote the flame of the fire out of the oven; ²⁷and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist ^gwhistling wind, so that the fire touched them not ^hat all, ^eneither hurt nor ⁱtroubled them. ²⁸Then the three, ^kas out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying,

²⁹^lBlessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers:

And to be praised and exalted above all for ever.

³⁰And ^lblessed is thy glorious and holy name:

And to be praised and exalted above all for ever.

³¹Blessed art thou ^min the temple of thine holy glory:

And to be praised and glorified above all for ever.

³²Blessed art thou ⁿthat beholdest the depths,

And ^osittest upon the cherubims:

And to be praised and exalted above all for ever.

³³Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom:

And to be praised and glorified above all for ever.

³⁴Blessed art thou ^pin the firmament of heaven:

And above all to be praised and glorified for ever.

³⁵^qO all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: