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{\MT PRAYER OF AZARIAH \& SONG OF THE THREE



\par }\OneChap {\PP \VerseOne{1}And they walked in the midst of the flame, and praised God, and blessed the Lord.


\par }{\PP \VS{2}Forsooth Azariah stood, and prayed thus; and he opened his mouth in the midst of the fire, and said,


\par }{\PP \VS{3}Lord, God of our fathers, thou art blessed,
{\ADD{[or Blessed art thou, Lord God of our Fathers]}}, and worthy to be praised, and thy name
{\EM{is}} glorious into worlds;


\par }{\PP \VS{4}for thou art rightful in all things which thou didest to us, and all thy works
{\EM{be}} true; and thy ways
{\EM{be}} rightful
{\ADD{[or right]}}, and thy dooms
{\EM{be}} true.


\par }{\PP \VS{5}For thou hast done true dooms, by
{\ADD{[or after]}} all things which thou broughtest in on us, and on Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers; for in truth and in doom, thou broughtest in all these things for our sins.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}For we sinned, and did wickedly, going away from thee,


\par }{\PP \VS{7}and we trespassed in all things, and we heard not, neither kept thy commandments, neither we did as thou commandedest to us, that it should be
{\ADD{[or that it were]}} well to us.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}Therefore thou didest by thy very doom all things which thou broughtest in on us, and all things which thou didest to us;


\par }{\PP \VS{9}and thou hast betaken us in the hands of enemies, wicked men, and worst trespassers, and to the unjust king, and worst over all earth.


\par }{\PP \VS{10}And now we may not open the mouth; we be made shame and reproof to thy servants, and to them that worship thee.


\par }{\PP \VS{11}We beseech, give thou
{\ADD{[or betake]}} not us
{\EM{to enemies}} without end, for thy name, and destroy thou not thy testament,


\par }{\PP \VS{12}and take thou not away thy mercy from us, for Abraham, thy darling
{\ADD{[or thy dearworthy]}}, and Isaac, thy servant, and Israel,
{\ADD{[or Jacob]}}, thine holy;


\par }{\PP \VS{13}to which thou spakest, promising that thou shouldest multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as gravel which is in the brink of the sea.


\par }{\PP \VS{14}For why, Lord, we be made little, more than all folks
{\ADD{[or all heathen men]}}, and we be low in all earth today
{\ADD{[or we be meek in each land this day]}}, for our sins.


\par }{\PP \VS{15}And in this time is no prince
{\ADD{[or there is not in this time prince]}}, and duke, and prophet, neither burnt sacrifice, neither sacrifice, neither offering, neither incense, neither place of first fruits before thee, that we may find thy mercy;


\par }{\PP \VS{16}but be we received in contrite soul, and in spirit of meekness.


\par }{\PP \VS{17}As in burnt sacrifice of rams, and of bulls, and as in thousands of fat lambs, so our sacrifice be made today in thy sight, that it please thee; for no shame
{\ADD{[or confusion]}} is to them that trust in thee.


\par }{\PP \VS{18}And now we pursue thee in all the heart, and we dread thee, and we seek thy face.


\par }{\PP \VS{19}Shame thou not us, but do with us by
{\ADD{[or after]}} thy mildness, and by
{\ADD{[or after]}} the multitude of thy mercy.


\par }{\PP \VS{20}And deliver thou us in thy marvels, and give thou glory to thy name, Lord; and all men be ashamed, that show evils to thy servants;


\par }{\PP \VS{21}be they shamed in all thy might
{\ADD{[or power]}}, and the strength of them be all-broken
{\ADD{[or broken altogether]}};


\par }{\PP \VS{22}and they shall know, that thou art the Lord God alone, and glorious on the roundness of lands
{\ADD{[or of earths]}}.


\par }{\PP \VS{23}And the ministers of the king, that had sent them, ceased not to make hot the furnace with cement
{\ADD{[or with naphtha]}}, and hards of flax
{\ADD{[or of hemp]}}, and pitch, and scions
{\ADD{[or cuttings]}} of vines.


\par }{\PP \VS{24}And the flame was shed
{\ADD{[or poured]}} out over the furnace by nine and forty cubits,


\par }{\PP \VS{25}and brake out, and burnt them that it found of Chaldees beside the furnace.
{\ADD{[and brake out, and burnt whom of Chaldees it found beside the furnace.]}}


\par }{\PP \VS{26}Forsooth the angel of the Lord came down with Azariah and his fellows, into the furnace, and smote out the flame of the fire from the furnace;


\par }{\PP \VS{27}and made the midst of the furnace as the wind of dew blowing; and utterly the fire touched not them, neither made sorry
{\ADD{[or sorrowful]}}, neither did anything of dis-ease
{\ADD{[or brought in anything of heaviness]}}.


\par }{\PP \VS{28}Then these three as of one mouth praised and glorified God, and blessed God in the furnace, and said,


\par }{\PP \VS{29}Lord God of our fathers, thou art blessed
{\ADD{[or Blessed are thou, Lord God of our fathers]}}, and worthy to be praised, and glorious, and above enhanced into worlds;


\par }{\PP \VS{30}and blessed
{\EM{is}} the name of thy glory, which
{\EM{name}} is holy, and worthy to be praised, and above enhanced
{\ADD{[or raised]}} into all worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{31}Thou art blessed
{\ADD{[or Blessed art thou]}} in the holy temple of thy glory, and above praiseable, and glorious into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{32}Thou art blessed
{\ADD{[or Blessed art thou]}} in the throne of thy realm, and above praiseable, and above enhanced
{\ADD{[or raised]}} into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{33}Thou art blessed
{\ADD{[or Blessed art thou]}}, that beholdest depths of waters
{\ADD{[or deepnesses]}}, and sittest
{\ADD{[up]}} on cherubim, and praiseable, and above enhanced
{\ADD{[or raised]}} into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{34}Thou art blessed
{\ADD{[or Blessed art thou]}} in the firmament of heaven, and praiseable, and glorious into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{35}All works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{36}Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{37}Heavens, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{38}All waters that be above heavens, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{39}All the virtues of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{40}Sun and moon, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{41}Stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{42}Rain and dew, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{43}Each spirit of God, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{44}Fire and heat, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{45}Cold and summer, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{46}Dews and white frost, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{47}Black frost and cold, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{48}Ices and snows, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{49}Nights and days, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{50}Light and darkness, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{51}Lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{52}The earth bless the Lord; praise it, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} it him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{53}Mountains and little hills, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{54}All burgeoning things in earth, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{55}Wells, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{56}Seas and floods, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{57}Whales, and all things that be moved in waters, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{58}All birds of the air, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{59}All wild beasts and tame beasts, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{60}Sons of men, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{61}Israel, bless the Lord; praise it, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} it him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{62}Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{63}Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{64}Spirits and souls of just men, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{65}Holy men and meek of
{\ADD{[or in]}} heart, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds.


\par }{\PP \VS{66}Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael, bless ye the Lord; praise ye, and above enhance
{\ADD{[or raise]}} ye him into worlds. The which
{\EM{Lord}} ravished
{\ADD{[or delivered]}} us from hell, and saved from the hand of death, and delivered us from the midst of flame burning
{\ADD{[or from the middle of the burning flame]}}, and ravished us from
{\ADD{[or out of]}} the midst of
{\ADD{[the]}} fire.


\par }{\PP \VS{67}Acknowledge ye to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy
{\EM{is}} into the world.


\par }{\PP \VS{68}All religious men
{\ADD{[or All religious]}}, bless ye the Lord, God of gods; praise ye, and acknowledge to him, for his mercy
{\EM{is}} into all worlds.


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