Prayer of Azariah
1:1 And they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the
Lord.
1:2 Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth
in the midst of the fire said,
1:3 Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: thy name is worthy to be
praised and glorified for evermore:
1:4 For thou art righteous in all the things that thou hast done to us: yea,
true are all thy works, thy ways are right, and all thy judgments truth.
1:5 In all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon the 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.
1:6 For we have sinned and committed iniquity, departing from thee.
1:7 In 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.
1:8 Wherefore all that thou hast brought upon us, and every thing that thou
hast done to us, thou hast done in true judgment.
1:9 And thou didst deliver us into the hands of lawless enemies, most
hateful forsakers of God, and to an unjust king, and the most wicked in
all the world.
1:10 And now we cannot open our mouths, we are become a shame and reproach to
thy servants; and to them that worship thee.
1:11 Yet deliver us not up wholly, for thy name's sake, neither disannul thou
thy covenant:
1:12 And cause not thy mercy to depart from us, for thy beloved Abraham's
sake, for thy servant Issac's sake, and for thy holy Israel's sake;
1:13 To whom thou hast spoken and promised, that thou wouldest multiply their
seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that lieth upon the
seashore.
1:14 For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this
day in all the world because of our sins.
1:15 Neither is there at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or burnt
offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place to sacrifice
before thee, and to find mercy.
1:16 Nevertheless in a contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be
accepted.
1:17 Like 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
confounded that put their trust in thee.
1:18 And now we follow thee with all our heart, we fear thee, and seek thy
face.
1:19 Put us not to shame: but deal with us after thy lovingkindness, and
according to the multitude of thy mercies.
1:20 Deliver 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 ashamed;
1:21 And let them be confounded in all their power and might, and let their
strength be broken;
1:22 And let them know that thou art God, the only God, and glorious over the
whole world.
1:23 And the king's servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the oven
hot with rosin, pitch, tow, and small wood;
1:24 So that the flame streamed forth above the furnace forty and nine
cubits.
1:25 And it passed through, and burned those Chaldeans it found about the
furnace.
1:26 But the angel of the Lord came down into the oven together with Azarias
and his fellows, and smote the flame of the fire out of the oven;
1:27 And 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.
1:28 Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed,
God in the furnace, saying,
1:29 Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: and to be praised and
exalted above all for ever.
1:30 And blessed is thy glorious and holy name: and to be praised and exalted
above all for ever.
1:31 Blessed art thou in the temple of thine holy glory: and to be praised
and glorified above all for ever.
1:32 Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths, and sittest upon the
cherubims: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.
1:33 Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom: and to be
praised and glorified above all for ever.
1:34 Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and above all to be praised
and glorified for ever.
1:35 O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him
above all for ever,
1:36 O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him above all for
ever.
1:37 O ye angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above
all for ever.
1:38 O all ye waters that be above the heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
1:39 O all ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
above all for ever.
1:40 O ye sun and moon, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for
ever.
1:41 O ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever.
1:42 O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above
all for ever.
1:43 O all ye winds, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for
ever,
1:44 O ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever.
1:45 O ye winter and summer, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above
all for ever.
1:46 0 ye dews and storms of snow, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
above all for ever.
1:47 O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord: bless and exalt him above all
for ever.
1:48 O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above
all for ever.
1:49 O ye ice and cold, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for
ever.
1:50 O ye frost and snow, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever.
1:51 O ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
above all for ever.
1:52 O let the earth bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
1:53 O ye mountains and little hills, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
above all for ever.
1:54 O all ye things that grow in the earth, bless ye the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
1:55 O ye mountains, bless ye the Lord: Praise and exalt him above all for
ever.
1:56 O ye seas and rivers, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever.
1:57 O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord: praise
and exalt him above all for ever.
1:58 O all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above
all for ever.
1:59 O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
above all for ever.
1:60 O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all
for ever.
1:61 O Israel, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
1:62 O ye priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above
all for ever.
1:63 O ye servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above
all for ever.
1:64 O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
1:65 O ye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt
him above all for ever.
1:66 O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
above all for ever: far he hath delivered us from hell, and saved us
from the hand of death, and delivered us out of the midst of the furnace
and burning flame: even out of the midst of the fire hath he delivered
us.
1:67 O give thanks unto the Lord, because he is gracious: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
1:68 O all ye that worship the Lord, bless the God of gods, praise him, and
give him thanks: for his mercy endureth for ever.
