And they walked in the midst of the flame, praising God, and blessing the Lord. 25Then Azarias standing up, prayed in this manner, and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire, he said: 26Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and thy name is worthy of praise, and glorious for ever: 27For thou art just in all that thou hast done to us, and all thy works are true, and thy ways right, and all thy judgments true. 28For thou hast executed true judgments in all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers: for according to truth and judgment, thou hast brought all these things upon us for our sins. 29For we have sinned, and committed iniquity, departing from thee: and we have trespassed in all things: 30And we have not hearkened to thy commandments, nor have we observed nor done as thou hadst commanded us, that it might go well with us. 31Wherefore, all that thou hast brought upon us, and every thing that thou hast done to us, thou hast done in true judgment: 32And thou hast delivered us into the hands of our enemies that are unjust, and most wicked, and prevaricators, and to a king unjust, and most wicked beyond all that are upon the earth. 33And now we cannot open our mouths: we are become a shame, and a reproach to thy servants, and to them that worship thee. 34Deliver us not up for ever, we beseech thee, for thy name's sake, and abolish not thy covenant. 35And take not away thy mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham, thy beloved, and Isaac, thy servant, and Israel, thy holy one: 36To whom thou hast spoken, promising that thou wouldst multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea shore. 37For we, O Lord, are diminished more than any nation, and are brought low in all the earth this day for our sins. 38Neither is there at this time prince, or leader, or prophet, or holocaust, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place of first fruits before thee, 39That we may find thy mercy: nevertheless, in a contrite heart and humble spirit let us be accepted. 40As in holocausts of rams, and bullocks, and as in thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be made in thy sight this day, that it may please thee: for there is no confusion to them that trust in thee. 41And now we follow thee with all our heart, and we fear thee, and seek thy face. 42Put us not to confusion, but deal with us according to thy meekness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies. 43And deliver us, according to thy wonderful works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord: 44And 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: 45And let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God, and glorious over all the world.