# The Prayer of Azariah

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> The Prayer of Azariah
> 
> PrAzar 1
> And they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and
> blessing the Lord.
> 
> 2
> Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening
> his mouth in the midst of the fire said,
> 
> 3
> Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: thy name is
> worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 6
> For we have sinned and committed iniquity, departing from
> thee.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 8
> Wherefore all that thou hast brought upon us, and every thing
> that thou hast done to us, thou hast done in true judgment.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 10
> And now we cannot open our mouths, we are become a shame and
> reproach to thy servants; and to them that worship thee.
> 
> 11
> Yet deliver us not up wholly, for thy name's sake, neither
> disannul thou thy covenant:
> 
> 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;
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 16
> Nevertheless in a contrite heart and an humble spirit let us
> be accepted.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 18
> And now we follow thee with all our heart, we fear thee, and
> seek thy face.
> 
> 19
> Put us not to shame: but deal with us after thy
> lovingkindness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies.
> 
> 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;
> 
> 21
> And let them be confounded in all their power and might, and
> let their strength be broken;
> 
> 22
> And let them know that thou art God, the only God, and
> glorious over the whole world.
> 
> 23
> And the king's servants, that put them in, ceased not to make
> the oven hot with rosin, pitch, tow, and small wood;
> 
> 24
> So that the flame streamed forth above the furnace forty and
> nine cubits.
> 
> 25
> And it passed through, and burned those Chaldeans it found
> about the furnace.
> 
> 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;
> 
> 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.
> 
> 28
> Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and
> blessed, God in the furnace, saying,
> 
> 29
> Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: and to be
> praised and exalted above all for ever.
> 
> 30
> And blessed is thy glorious and holy name: and to be praised
> and exalted above all for ever.
> 
> 31
> Blessed art thou in the temple of thine holy glory: and to be
> praised and glorified above all for ever.
> 
> 32
> Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths, and sittest upon
> the cherubims: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.
> 
> 33
> Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom: and
> to be praised and glorified above all for ever.
> 
> 34
> Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and above ail to
> be praised and glorified for ever.
> 
> 35
> O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise and
> exalt him above all for ever,
> 
> 36
> O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him above
> all for ever.
> 
> 37
> O ye angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt
> him above all for ever.
> 
> 38
> O all ye waters that be above the heaven, bless ye the Lord:
> praise and exalt him above all for ever.
> 
> 39
> O all ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and
> exalt him above all for ever.
> 
> 40
> O ye sun and moon, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
> above all for ever.
> 
> 41
> O ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
> above all for ever.
> 
> 42
> O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt
> him above all for ever.
> 
> 43
> O all ye winds, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above
> all for ever,
> 
> 44
> O ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
> above all for ever.
> 
> 45
> O ye winter and summer, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt
> him above all for ever.
> 
> 46
> O ye dews and storms of snow, bless ye the Lord: praise and
> exalt him above all for ever.
> 
> 47
> O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord: bless and exalt him
> above all for ever.
> 
> 48
> O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt
> him above all for ever.
> 
> 49
> O ye ice and cold, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
> above all for ever.
> 
> 50
> O ye frost and snow, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
> above all for ever.
> 
> 51
> O ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord: praise and
> exalt him above all for ever.
> 
> 52
> O let the earth bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above
> all for ever.
> 
> 53
> O ye mountains and little hills, bless ye the Lord: praise
> and exalt him above all for ever.
> 
> 54
> O all ye things that grow in the earth, bless ye the Lord:
> praise and exalt him above all for ever.
> 
> 55
> O ye mountains, bless ye the Lord: Praise and exalt him above
> all for ever.
> 
> 56
> O ye seas and rivers, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
> above all for ever.
> 
> 57
> O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the
> Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
> 
> 58
> O all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord: praise and
> exalt him above all for ever.
> 
> 59
> O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Lord: praise and
> exalt him above all for ever.
> 
> 60
> O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him
> above all for ever.
> 
> 61
> O Israel, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all
> for ever.
> 
> 62
> O ye priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt
> him above all for ever.
> 
> 63
> O ye servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and
> exalt him above all for ever.
> 
> 64
> O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord:
> praise and exalt him above all for ever.
> 
> 65
> O ye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord: praise
> and exalt him above all for ever.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 67
> O give thanks unto the Lord, because he is gracious: for his
> mercy endureth for ever.
> 
> 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.
>
> — *The Prayer of Azariah*