Prayer of Azariah 1:3-23
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3 Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: thy name is worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore:
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4 For thou art righteous in all the things that thou hast done to us: yea, true are all thy works, thy ways are right, and all thy judgments truth.
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5 In all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon the holy city of our fathers, even Jerusalem, thou hast executed true judgment: for according to truth and judgment didst thou bring all these things upon us because of our sins.
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6 For we have sinned and committed iniquity, departing from thee.
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7 In all things have we trespassed, and not obeyed thy commandments, nor kept them, neither done as thou hast commanded us, that it might go well with us.
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8 Wherefore all that thou hast brought upon us, and every thing that thou hast done to us, thou hast done in true judgment.
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9 And thou didst deliver us into the hands of lawless enemies, most hateful forsakers of God, and to an unjust king, and the most wicked in all the world.
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10 And now we cannot open our mouths, we are become a shame and reproach to thy servants; and to them that worship thee.
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11 Yet deliver us not up wholly, for thy name's sake, neither disannul thou thy covenant:
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12 And cause not thy mercy to depart from us, for thy beloved Abraham's sake, for thy servant Issac's sake, and for thy holy Israel's sake;
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13 To whom thou hast spoken and promised, that thou wouldest multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that lieth upon the seashore.
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14 For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this day in all the world because of our sins.
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15 Neither is there at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place to sacrifice before thee, and to find mercy.
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16 Nevertheless in a contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be accepted.
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17 Like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be in thy sight this day, and grant that we may wholly go after thee: for they shall not be confounded that put their trust in thee.
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18 And now we follow thee with all our heart, we fear thee, and seek thy face.
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19 Put us not to shame: but deal with us after thy lovingkindness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies.
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20 Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord: and let all them that do thy servants hurt be ashamed;
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21 And let them be confounded in all their power and might, and let their strength be broken;
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22 And let them know that thou art God, the only God, and glorious over the whole world.
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23 And the king's servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the oven hot with rosin, pitch, tow, and small wood;