Daniel 2:14-23

¹⁴Then Daniel gave an answer with wisdom and good sense to Arioch, the captain of the king's armed men, who had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon;

¹⁵He made answer and said to Arioch, O captain of the king, why is the king's order so cruel? Then Arioch gave Daniel an account of the business.

¹⁶And Daniel went in and made a request to the king to give him time and he would make clear the sense of his dream to the king.

¹⁷And Daniel went to his house and gave his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah the news:

¹⁸So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God of heaven in the question of this secret; so that Daniel and his friends might not come to destruction with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

¹⁹Then the secret was made clear to Daniel in a vision of the night. And Daniel gave blessing to the God of heaven.

²⁰And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his:

²¹By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake:

²²He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him.

²³I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us knowledge of the king's business.