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Prayer of Azariah
And they walked in the midst of the flame, praising
God and blessing the Lord.
Then Azarias standing up prayed in this manner, and
opening his mouth in the midst of the fire, he said:
Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and
thy name is worthy of praise, and glorious for ever:
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 true.
For thou hast executed true judgments in all the things
that thou hast brought upon us, and upon Jerusalem the
holy city of our fathers: for according to truth and
judgment, thou hast brought all these things upon us
for our sins.
For we have sinned, and committed iniquity, departing
from thee: and we have trespassed in all things:
And we have not hearkened to thy commandments, nor have
we observed nor done as thou hadst commanded us, that
it might go well with us.
Wherefore all that thou hast brought upon us, and every
thing that thou hast done to us, thou hast done in true
judgment:
And thou hast delivered us into the hands of our enemies
that are unjust, and most wicked, and prevaricators,
and to a king unjust, and most wicked beyond all that
axe upon the earth.
And now we cannot open our mouths: we are become a shame
and reproach to thy servants, and to them that worship
thee.
Deliver us not up for ever, we beseech thee, for thy
name's sake, and abolish not thy covenant.
And take not away thy mercy from us for the sake of
Abraham thy beloved, and Isaac thy servant, and Israel
thy holy one:
To whom thou hast spoken, promising that thou wouldst
multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the
sand that is on the sea shore.
For we, O Lord, are diminished more than any nation,
and are brought low in all the earth this day for our
sins.
Neither is there at this time prince, or leader, or
prophet, or holocaust, or sacrifice, or oblation, or
incense, or place of firstfruits before thee,
That we may find thy mercy: nevertheless in a contrite
heart and humble spirit let us be accepted.
As in holocausts of rams, and bullocks, and as in thousands
of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be made in thy sight
this day, that it may please thee: for there is no confusion
to them that trust in thee.
And now we follow thee with all our heart, and we fear
thee, and seek thy face.
Put us not to confusion, but deal. with us according
to thy meekness, and according to the multitude of thy
mercies.
And deliver us according to thy wonderful works, and
give glory to thy name, O Lord:
And let all them be confounded that shew evils to thy
servants, let them be confounded in all thy might, and
let their strength be broken.
And let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God,
and glorious over all the world.
Now the king's servants that had cast them in, ceased
not to heat the furnace with brimstone, and tow, and
pitch, and dry sticks,
And the flame mounted up above the furnace nine and
forty cubits:
And it broke forth, and burnt such of the Chaldeans
as it found near the furnace.
But the angel of the Lord went down with Azarias and
his companions into the furnace: and he drove the flame
of the fire out of the furnace,
And made the midst of the furnace like the blowing of
a wind bringing dew, and the fire touched them not at
all, nor troubled them, nor did them any harm.
Then these three as with one mouth praised, and glorified,
and blessed God in the furnace, saying:
Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of our fathers: and
worthy to be praised, and glorified, and exalted above
all for ever: and blessed is the holy name of thy glory:
and worthy to be praised, and exalted above all in all
ages.
Blessed art thou in the holy temple of thy glory: and
exceedingly to be praised, and exceeding glorious for
ever.
Blessed art thou on the throne of thy kingdom, and exceedingly
to be praised, and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art thou, that beholdest the depths, and sittest
upon the cherubims: and worthy to be praised and exalted
above all for ever.
Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and worthy
of praise, and glorious for ever.
All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
O ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
O ye heavens, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above
all for ever.
O all ye waters that are above the heavens, bless the
Lord; praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye powers of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise
and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye sun and moon, bless the Lord: praise and exalt
him above all for ever.
O ye stars of heaven, bless the Lord: praise and exalt
him above all for ever.
O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye spirits of God, bless the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
O ye fire and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt
him above all for ever.
O ye cold and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt
him above all for ever.
O ye dews and hoar frosts, bless the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
O ye frost and cold, bless the Lord: praise and exalt
him above all for ever.
O ye ice and snow, bless the Lord: praise and exalt
him above all for ever.
O ye nights and days, bless the Lord: praise and exalt
him above all for ever.
O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
O ye lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
O let the earth bless the Lord: let it praise and exalt
him above all for ever.
O ye mountains and hills, bless the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye things that spring up in the earth, bless the
Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye fountains, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him
above all for ever.
O ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord: praise and exalt
him above all for ever.
O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless
the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye fowls of the air, bless the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
O ye sons of men, bless the Lord., praise and exalt
him above all for ever.
O let Israel bless the Lord: let them praise and exalt
him above all for ever.
O ye priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
O ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and
exalt him above all for ever.
O ye spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord:
praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord: praise
and exalt him above all for ever.
O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise
and exalt him above all for ever. For he hath delivered
us from hell, and saved us out of the hand of death,
and delivered us out of the midst of the burning flame,
and saved us out of the midst of the fire.
O give thanks to the Lord, because he is good: because
his mercy endureth for ever and ever.
O all ye religious, bless the Lord the God of gods:
praise him and give him thanks, because his mercy endureth
for ever and ever. |
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