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²Then Azariah stood still in the fire and prayed aloud:
³ ‘Blessed are you, O Lord, God of our ancestors, and worthy of praise;
   and glorious is your name for ever!
⁴ For you are just in all you have done;
   all your works are true and your ways right,
   and all your judgements are true.
¹¹ For your name’s sake do not give us up for ever,
   and do not annul your covenant.
¹²   Do not withdraw your mercy from us,
for the sake of Abraham your beloved
   and for the sake of your servant Isaac
   and Israel your holy one,
¹³ to whom you promised
   to multiply their descendants like the stars of heaven
   and like the sand on the shore of the sea.
¹⁴ For we, O Lord, have become fewer than any other nation,
   and are brought low this day in all the world because of our sins.
¹⁵ In our day we have no ruler, or prophet, or leader,
   no burnt-offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense,
   no place to make an offering before you and to find mercy.
¹⁶ Yet with a contrite heart and a humble spirit may we be accepted,
¹⁷   as though it were with burnt-offerings of rams and bulls,
   or with tens of thousands of fat lambs;
   such may our sacrifice be in your sight today,
   and may we unreservedly follow you,^*
   for no shame will come to those who trust in you.
¹⁸ And now with all our heart we follow you;
   we fear you and seek your presence.
¹⁹ Do not put us to shame,
   but deal with us in your patience
   and in your abundant mercy.
²⁰ Deliver us in accordance with your marvellous works,
   and bring glory to your name, O Lord.