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They walked around in the midst of the flames, singing hymns to God and blessing the Lord.
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Then Azariah stood still in the fire and prayed aloud:
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"Blessed are you, O Lord, God of our ancestors, and worthy of praise; and glorious is your name forever!
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For you are just in all you have done; all your works are true and your ways right, and all your judgments are true.
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You have executed true judgments in all you have brought upon us and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our ancestors; by a true judgment you have brought all this upon us because of our sins.
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