with you: but the daughter of Juda would not
abide your wickedness.
Sus 1:58
Now therefore tell me, Under what tree didst thou take them
companying together? Who answered, Under an holm tree.
Sus 1:59
Then said Daniel unto him, Well; thou hast also lied against
thine own head: for the angel of God waiteth with the sword to
cut thee in two, that he may destroy you.
Sus 1:60
With that all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and
praised God, who saveth them that trust in him.
Sus 1:61
And they arose against the two elders, for Daniel had
convicted them of false witness by their own mouth:
Sus 1:62
And according to the law of Moses they did unto them in such
sort as they maliciously intended to do to their neighbour: and
they put them to death. Thus the innocent blood was saved the
same day.
Sus 1:63
Therefore Chelcias and his wife praised God for their
daughter Susanna, with Joacim her husband, and all the kindred,
because there was no dishonesty found in her.
Sus 1:64
From that day forth was Daniel had in great reputation in the
sight of the people.
The Prayer of Azariah
PrAzar 1
And they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and
blessing the Lord.
PrAzar 2
Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening
his mouth in the midst of the fire said,
PrAzar 3
Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: thy name is
worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore:
PrAzar 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.
PrAzar 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.
PrAzar 6
For we have sinned and committed iniquity, departing from
thee.
PrAzar 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.
PrAzar 8
Wherefore all that thou hast brought upon us, and every thing
that thou hast done to us, thou hast done in true judgment.
PrAzar 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.
PrAzar 10
And now we cannot open our mouths, we are become
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