\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Song of the Three Holy Children}

{\MTB THE SONG OF THE

\par }{\MT THREE HOLY CHILDREN



\par }\OneChap {\PP \VerseOne{1}And they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord.

\VS{2}Then Azariah stood, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said,


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Blessed art thou, O Lord, thou God of our fathers, and worthy to be praised;

\par }{\Q And thy name is glorified forevermore:


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For thou art righteous in all the things that thou hast done:

\par }{\Q Yea, true are all thy works, and thy ways are right,

\par }{\Q And all thy judgments truth.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}In all the things that thou hast brought upon us,

\par }{\Q And upon the holy city of our fathers,
{\ADD{even}} Jerusalem,

\par }{\Q Thou hast executed true judgments:

\par }{\Q For according to truth and justice hast thou brought all these things upon us because of our sins.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For we have sinned and committed iniquity, in departing from thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}In all things have we trespassed, and not obeyed thy commandments,

\par }{\Q Nor kept them, neither done as thou hast commanded us,

\par }{\Q That it might go well with us.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Wherefore all that thou hast brought upon us,

\par }{\Q And everything that thou hast done to us,

\par }{\Q Thou hast done in true judgment.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}And thou didst deliver us into the hands of lawless enemies, and most hateful forsakers
{\ADD{of God,}}

\par }{\Q And to an unjust king, and the most wicked in all the world.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}And now we cannot open our mouth;

\par }{\Q Shame and reproach have befallen thy servants, and them that worship thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Deliver us not up utterly, for thy name’s sake,

\par }{\Q Neither disannul thou thy covenant:


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And cause not thy mercy to depart from us,

\par }{\Q For the sake of Abraham that is beloved of thee,

\par }{\Q And for the sake of Isaac thy servant,

\par }{\Q And Israel thy holy one;


\par }{\Q \VS{13}To whom thou didst promise,

\par }{\Q That thou wouldest multiply their seed as the stars of heaven,

\par }{\Q And as the sand that is upon the sea shore.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation,

\par }{\Q And are kept under this day in all the world because of our sins.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Neither is there at this time prince, or prophet, or leader,

\par }{\Q Or burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense,

\par }{\Q Or place to offer before thee, and to find mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Nevertheless in a contrite heart and a humble spirit let us be accepted;


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks,

\par }{\Q And like as in ten thousands of fat lambs;

\par }{\Q So let our sacrifice be in thy sight this day,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{grant}} that we may wholly go after thee,

\par }{\Q For they shall not be ashamed that put their trust in thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}And now we follow thee with all our heart,

\par }{\Q We fear thee, and seek thy face.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Put us not to shame:

\par }{\Q But deal with us after thy kindness,

\par }{\Q And according to the multitude of thy mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Deliver us also according to thy marvelous works,

\par }{\Q And give glory to thy name, O Lord:

\par }{\Q And let all them that do thy servants hurt be confounded;


\par }{\Q \VS{21}And let them be ashamed of all their power and might,

\par }{\Q And let their strength be broken;


\par }{\Q \VS{22}And let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God,

\par }{\Q And glorious over the whole world.


\par }{\PP \VS{23}And the king’s servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the furnace hot with naphtha, pitch, tow, and small wood;

\VS{24}so that the flame streamed forth above the furnace forty and nine cubits.

\VS{25}And it spread, and burned those Chaldeans whom it found about the furnace.

\VS{26}But the angel of the Lord came down into the furnace together with Azariah and his fellows, and he smote the flame of the fire out of the furnace;

\VS{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.


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


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Blessed art thou, O Lord, thou God of our fathers:

\par }{\Q And to be praised and exalted above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}And blessed is thy glorious and holy name:

\par }{\Q And to be praised and exalted above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}Blessed art thou in the temple of thy holy glory:

\par }{\Q And to be praised and glorified above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths, and sittest upon the cherubim:

\par }{\Q And to be praised and exalted above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}Blessed art thou on the throne of thy kingdom:

\par }{\Q And to be praised and extolled above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven:

\par }{\Q And to be praised and glorified forever.


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{\Q \VS{35}O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{37}O ye angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{38}O all ye waters that are above the heaven, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{39}O all ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{40}O ye sun and moon, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{41}O ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{42}O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{43}O all ye winds, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{44}O ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{47}O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{48}O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.

\par }{\Q O ye cold and heat, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{50}O ye frost and snow, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{51}O ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{52}O let the earth bless the Lord:

\par }{\Q Let it praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{53}O ye mountains and hills, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{54}O all ye things that grow on the earth, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{55}O sea and rivers, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{56}O ye fountains, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{57}O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{58}O all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{59}O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{60}O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{61}O let Israel bless the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{62}O ye priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{63}O ye servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{64}O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{65}O ye that are holy and humble of heart, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{66}O Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Praise and exalt him above all forever:

\par }{\Q For he hath rescued us from Hades, and saved us from the hand of death:

\par }{\Q He hath delivered us out of the midst of the furnace
{\ADD{and}} burning flame,

\par }{\Q Even out of the midst of the fire hath he delivered us.


\par }{\Q \VS{67}O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endureth}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{68}O all ye that worship the Lord, bless the God of gods,

\par }{\Q Praise him, and give him thanks:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endureth}} forever.


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