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24 They walked around in the midst of the flames, singing hymns to God and blessing the Lord. 25 Then Azariah stood still in the fire and prayed aloud: 26 “Blessed are you, O Lord, God of our ancestors, and worthy of praise; and glorious is your name forever! 27 For you are just in all you have done; all your works are true and your ways right, and all your judgments are true. 28 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. 29 For we have sinned and broken your law in turning away from you; in all matters we have sinned grievously. 30 We have not obeyed your commandments, we have not kept them or done what you have commanded us for our own good. Daniel 3:24-30, NRSV Catholic Edition. Copyright © 1989, 1993 by the National Council of the Churches of Christ.
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