²³ These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

¹¹ You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

¹² You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, But you brought us to the place of abundance.

¹ > If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

² If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, When men rose up against us;

³ Then they would have swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

⁴ Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;

⁵ Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.

⁶ Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

¹⁶ Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. [Now] the king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.

¹⁷ A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

⁵² They have chased me sore like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

⁵³ They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.

⁵⁴ Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

⁸ For we don't desire to have you uninformed, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.

⁹ Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

¹⁰ who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;

¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

¹² Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

¹³ But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also you may rejoice with exceeding joy.