78. Seas and rivers, bless the Lord;praise and exalt him above all forever.
79. You sea monsters and all water creatures, bless the Lord;praise and exalt him above all forever.
80. All you birds of the air, bless the Lord;praise and exalt him above all forever.
81. All you beasts, wild and tame, bless the Lord;praise and exalt him above all forever.
82. All you mortals, bless the Lord;praise and exalt him above all forever.
83. O Israel, bless the Lord;praise and exalt him above all forever.
84. Priests of the Lord, bless the Lord;praise and exalt him above all forever.
85. Servants of the Lord, bless the Lord;praise and exalt him above all forever.
86. Spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord;praise and exalt him above all forever.
87. Holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord;praise and exalt him above all forever.
88. Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael, bless the Lord;praise and exalt him above all forever.For he has delivered us from Sheol,and saved us from the power of death;He has freed us from the raging flameand delivered us from the fire.
89. Give thanks to the Lord, who is good,whose mercy endures forever.
90. Bless the God of gods, all you who fear the Lord;praise and give thanks,for his mercy endures forever.”
91. Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and rose in haste, asking his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?” “Certainly, O king,” they answered.
92. “But,” he replied, “I see four men unbound and unhurt, walking in the fire, and the fourth looks like a son of God.”
93. Then Nebuchadnezzar came to the opening of the white-hot furnace and called: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out.” Thereupon Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire.
94. When the satraps, prefects, governors, and counselors of the king came together, they saw that the fire had had no power over the bodies of these men; not a hair of their heads had been singed, nor were their garments altered; there was not even a smell of fire about them.
95. Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel to deliver the servants that trusted in him; they disobeyed the royal command and yielded their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
96. Therefore I decree for nations and peoples of every language that whoever blasphemes the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut to pieces and his house made into a refuse heap. For there is no other God who can rescue like this.”
97. Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
98. King Nebuchadnezzar to the nations and peoples of every language, wherever they dwell on earth: May your peace abound!