2 While standing and praying in the middle of the fire, Azariah spoke like this:
3 Blessed are you,Lord God of our ancestors.You deserve to be praisedand honored forever!
4 Everything you’ve done to us is fair.All your actions are right,your ways consistent;all your decisions are sound.
5 You judged us fairlyin all the things you’ve done to usand to Jerusalem,our ancestors’ holy city.You were honest and fairin doing all these thingsto us because of our sins.
6 We sinned and broke the lawby turning from you;we sinned in everything we did.
7 We didn’t obey your commands;we didn’t keep them or do as you ordered us,although the orders werefor our own good.
8 All that you’ve brought upon us,all that you’ve done to us,has been fair.