Prayer of the three young men in the furnace (addition to Daniel, chapter 3)

Twenty-six verses covering a Prayer of Abednego/Azariah positioned between Daniel 3:23 and 3:24 (translated by Edgar Goodspeed)

And they (three persecuted youth: Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego) walked about in the midst of the fire, singing hymns to God and blessing the Lord.  And Azariah stood still and uttered this prayer. . . "Blessed are You, Lord God of our forefathers, and worthy of praise!  Your name is glorified forever!  For You are upright in all that You have done; all Your works are ture, and Your ways straight, and all Your judgments are true.  The sentences that You passed were just in all that You have brought upon us, and upon Jerusalem, the Holy City of our forefathers.  For in truth and justice You have brought all these things upon us because of our sins.  For we have sinned and done wrong in forsaking You, we have sinned grievously in everything, and have disobeyed Your commands; we have not observed them or done as You commanded us to do, for our own good.  All that You have brought upon us, and all that You have done to us, You have done in justice.  You have handed us over to enemies without law, to hateful rebels, and to a ruthless king, the most wicked ruler in all the world, yet we cannot open our mouths.  Shame and disgrace have overtaken Your slaves and Your worshipers.  For the sake of Your name, do not surrender us utterly, do not cancel Your agreement, and do not withdraw Your mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham whom You loved, and for the sake of Isaac, Your slave, and for the sake of Israel, Your holy one, to whom You spoke and promised that You would make their descendants as many as the stars of heaven, or the sand that is on the seashore.  For, Master, we have become fewer than all the heathen, and we are humiliated everywhere, because of our sins.  And now there is no prince, or prophet, or leader, no burnt offering, or sacrifice, or offering, or incense; no place to make an offering before You, or to find mercy.  But may we be accepted throught a contrite heart and a humble spirit, as though it were through a contrite heart and a humble spirit, as though it were through whole burnt offerings of rams and bulls, and through tens of thousands of fat lambs.  So let our sacrifice rise before You today, and fully follow after You, for those who trust in You will not be disappointed.  So now we follow You with all our hearts; we revere You and seek Your face.  Do not disappoint us, but deal with us in Your forbearance and Your abundant mercy.  Deliver us in Your wonderful way, and glorify Your name, Lord; may all who do Your slaves harm be disgraced; may they be put to shame and lose all their power and might, and may their strength be broken.  Let them know that You are the Lord God alone, glorious over the whole world."
(Prose paragraph) Now the king's servants who threw them in never ceased feeding the furnace fires with naptha, pitch, tow, and faggots, and the flame streamed out above the furnace for 49 cubits (73 feet).  It even spread, and burned up those Chaldeans whom it found about the furnace.  But the angel of the Lord came down to join Azariah and his companions in the furnace, and drove the fiery blaze out of the furnace, and made the middle of the furnace as though a moist wind was whistling through it, and the fire did not touch them at all, or harm or trouble them.