Additions to Daniel: The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children, abbreviated Pr Azar,[1] is a passage which appears after Daniel 3:23 in some translations of the Bible, including the ancient Greek Septuagint translation.
The hymn includes the refrain, "Praise and exalt Him above all forever...", repeated many times, each naming a feature of the world.
The Prayer and accompanying Song are not found in the Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Book of Daniel, nor are they cited in any extant early Jewish writings.
[2] It is accepted as canonical scripture by Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians, but rejected by most Protestants as being non-canonical.
[4] To this end, Article VI of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England has it listed as non-canonical (but still, with the other Apocryphal texts, "the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners").