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And they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord.
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Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said,
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Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: thy name is worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore:
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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.
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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.
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For we have sinned and committed iniquity, departing from thee.
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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.
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Wherefore all that thou hast brought upon us, and every thing that thou hast done to us, thou hast done in true judgment.
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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.
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And now we cannot open our mouths, we are become a shame and reproach to thy servants; and to them that worship thee.
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Yet deliver us not up wholly, for thy name's sake, neither disannul thou thy covenant: