1AND they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord.

2Then Azarias stood, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said,

3Blessed art thou, O Lord, thou God of our fathers, ⁰and worthy to be praised; and thy name is glorified for evermore:

4For thou art righteous in all the things that thou hast done: yea, true are all thy works, and thy ways are right, and all thy judgements truth.

5In all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon the holy city of our fathers, even Jerusalem, thou hast executed true judgements: for according to truth and justice hast thou brought all these things upon us because of our sins.

6For we have sinned and committed iniquity, in departing from thee.

7In all things have we trespassed, and not obeyed thy commandments, nor kept them, neither done as thou hast commanded us, that it might go well with us.

8Wherefore all that thou hast brought upon us, and everything that thou hast done to us, thou hast done in true judgement.

9And thou didst deliver us into the hands of lawless enemies, and most hateful forsakers of God, and to an unjust king, and the most wicked in all the world.

10And now we cannot open our mouth; shame and reproach have befallen thy servants, and them that worship thee.

11Deliver us not up utterly, for thy name’s sake, neither disannul thou thy covenant:

12and cause not thy mercy to depart from us, for the sake of Abraham that is beloved of thee, and for the sake of Isaac thy servant, and Israel thy holy one;

13to whom thou didst promise, that thou wouldest multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is upon the sea shore.

14For we, O Lord, 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, or prophet, or leader, or burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place to offer before thee, and to find mercy.

16Nevertheless in a contrite heart and a humble spirit let us be accepted;

17like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs; so let our sacrifice be in thy sight this day, and grant that we may wholly go after thee, for they shall not be ashamed that put their trust in thee.

18And now we follow thee with all our heart, we fear thee, and seek thy face.

19Put us not to shame: but deal with us after thy kindness, and according to the multitude of thy mercy.

20Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord: and let all them that do thy servants hurt be confounded;

21and let them be ashamed of all their ¹power and might, and let their strength be broken;

22and let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God, and glorious over the whole world.

23And the king’s servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the furnace hot with naphtha, pitch, tow, and small wood;

24so that the flame streamed forth above the furnace forty and nine cubits.

25And it spread, and burned those Chaldeans whom it found about the furnace.

26But the angel of the Lord came down into the furnace together with Azarias and his fellows, and he smote 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 touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.

28Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, and glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying,

29Blessed art thou, O Lord, thou God of our fathers: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.

30And blessed is thy glorious and holy name: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.

31Blessed art thou in the temple of thine holy glory: and to be praised and glorified above all for ever.

32Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths, and sittest upon the cherubim: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.

33Blessed art thou on the throne of thy kingdom: and to be praised and ²extolled above all for ever.

34Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and to be praised and glorified for ever.

35O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

36O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

37O ye angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

38O all ye waters that be above the heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

39O all ³ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

40O ye sun and moon, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

41O ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

42O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever

43O all ye winds, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

44O ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

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47⁵O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

48O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. O ye cold and heat, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

50⁶O ye frost and snow, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

51O ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

52O let the earth bless the Lord: let it praise and exalt him above all for ever.

53O ye mountains and hills, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

54O all ye things that grow on the earth, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

55⁷O sea and rivers, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

56O ye fountains, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

57O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

58O all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

59O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

60O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

61⁸O let Israel bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

62O ye priests ⁹of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

63O ye servants ¹⁰of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

64O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

65O ye that are holy and humble of heart, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

66O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever: for he hath rescued us from ¹¹hell, and saved us from the hand of death: he hath delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame, even out of the midst of the fire hath he delivered us.

67O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

68O all ye that worship the Lord, bless the God of gods, praise him, and give him thanks: for his mercy endureth for ever.