39. But with contrite heart and humble spiritlet us be received;As though it were burnt offerings of rams and bulls,or tens of thousands of fat lambs,
40. So let our sacrifice be in your presence todayand find favor before you;for those who trust in you cannot be put to shame.
41. And now we follow you with our whole heart,we fear you and we seek your face.Do not put us to shame,
42. but deal with us in your kindness and great mercy.
43. Deliver us in accord with your wonders,and bring glory to your name, O Lord:
44. Let all those be put to shamewho inflict evils on your servants;Let them be shamed and powerless,and their strength broken;
45. Let them know that you alone are the Lord God,glorious over the whole world.”
46. Now the king’s servants who had thrown them in continued to stoke the furnace with naptha, pitch, tow, and brush.
47. The flames rose forty-nine cubits above the furnace,
48. and spread out, burning the Chaldeans that it caught around the furnace.
49. But the angel of the Lord went down into the furnace with Azariah and his companions, drove the fiery flames out of the furnace,
50. and made the inside of the furnace as though a dew-laden breeze were blowing through it. The fire in no way touched them or caused them pain or harm.
51. Then these three in the furnace with one voice sang, glorifying and blessing God: