Song of the Three Young Men 1 (RSV)

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1And they walked about in the midst of the flames, singing hymns to God and blessing the Lord. 2Then Azari'ah stood and offered this prayer; in the midst of the fire he opened his mouth and said:

3“Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of our fathers, and worthy of praise;

and thy name is glorified for ever.

4For 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 are truth.

5Thou hast executed true judgments in all that thou hast brought upon us

and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers,

for in truth and justice thou hast brought all this upon us because of our sins.

6For we have sinfully and lawlessly departed from thee,

and have sinned in all things and have not obeyed thy commandments;

7we have not observed them or done them,

as thou hast commanded us that it might go well with us.

8So all that thou hast brought upon us,

and all that thou hast done to us,

thou hast done in true judgment.

9Thou hast given us into the hands of lawless enemies, most hateful rebels,

and to an unjust king, the most wicked in all the world.

10And now we cannot open our mouths;

shame and disgrace have befallen thy servants and worshippers.

11For thy name's sake do not give us up utterly,

and do not break thy covenant,

12and do not withdraw thy mercy from us,

for the sake of Abraham thy beloved

and for the sake of Isaac thy servant

and Israel thy holy one,

13to whom thou didst promise

to make their descendants as many as the stars of heaven,

and as the sand on the shore of the sea.

14For we, O Lord, have become fewer than any nation,

and are brought low this day in all the world because of our sins.

15And at this time there is no prince, or prophet, or leader,

no burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense,

no place to make an offering before thee or to find mercy.

16Yet with a contrite heart and a humble spirit may we be accepted,

as though it were with burnt offerings of rams and bulls,

and with tens of thousands of fat lambs;

17such may our sacrifice be in thy sight this day,

and may we wholly follow thee,

for there will be no shame for those who trust in thee.

18And now with all our heart we follow thee,

we fear thee and seek thy face.

19Do not put us to shame,

but deal with us in thy forbearance

and in thy abundant mercy.

20Deliver us in accordance with thy marvellous works,

and give glory to thy name, O Lord!

Let all who do harm to thy servants be put to shame;

21let them be disgraced and deprived of all power and dominion,

and let their strength be broken.

22Let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God,

glorious over the whole world.”

23Now the king's servants who threw them in did not cease feeding the furnace fires with naphtha, pitch, tow, and brush. 24And the flame streamed out above the furnace forty-nine cubits, 25and it broke through and burned those of the Chalde'ans whom it caught about the furnace. 26But the angel of the Lord came down into the furnace to be with Azari'ah and his companions, and drove the fiery flame out of the furnace, 27and made the midst of the furnace like a moist whistling wind, so that the fire did not touch them at all or hurt or trouble them.

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

29“Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of our fathers,

and to be praised and highly exalted for ever;

30And blessed is thy glorious, holy name

and to be highly praised and highly exalted for ever;

31Blessed art thou in the temple of thy holy glory

and to be extolled and highly glorified for ever.

32Blessed art thou, who sittest upon cherubim and lookest upon the deeps,

and to be praised and highly exalted for ever.

33Blessed art thou upon the throne of thy kingdom

and to be extolled and highly exalted for ever.

34Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven

and to be sung and glorified for ever.

35“Bless the Lord, all works of the Lord,