Prayer of Azariah 1:18-28

18 And now we follow thee with all our heart, andwe fear thee, and seek thy face.
19 Put us not to confusion, but deal. with us according to thy meekness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies.
20 And deliver us according to thy wonderful works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord:
21 And let all them be confounded that shew evils to thy servants, let them be confounded in all thy might, and let their strength be broken.
22 And let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God, and glorious over all the world.
23 Now the king's servants that had cast them in, ceased not to heat the furnace with brimstone, and tow, and pitch, and dry sticks,
24 And the flame mounted up above the furnace nine and forty cubits:
25 And it broke forth, and burnt such of the Chaldeans as it found near the furnace.
26 But the angel of the Lord went down with Azarias and his companions into the furnace: and he drove the flame of the fire out of the furnace,
27 And made the midst of the furnace like the blowing of a wind bringing dew, and the fire touched them not at all, nor troubled them, nor did them any harm.
28 Then these three as with one mouth praised, and glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying:
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