Day Thirty One

Daniel 3

14 Nebuchadnezzar said to them, "Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods and you do not worship the golden statue that I have set up?

15 Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble to fall down and worship the statue that I have made, well and good.
But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire, and who is the god that will deliver you out of my hands?"

16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego answered the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to present a defence to you in this matter.

17 If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, O king, let him deliver us.

18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue that you have set up."

Song of the Three Young Men

Blessed are you, the god of our forebears:
Worthy to be praised and exalted for ever.

Blessed is your holy and glorious name:
Worthy to be praised and exalted for ever.

Blessed are you, glorious in your holy temple:
Worthy to be praised and exalted for ever.

Blessed are you who behold the depths:
Worthy to be praised and exalted for ever.

Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom:
Worthy to be praised and exalted for ever.

Blessed are you in the heights of heaven:
Worthy to be praised and exalted for ever.

AAPB p399 Song of the Three 29-34 (Additions to Daniel, including a hymn sung by the three as the flames danced around them.)