6:19 次日黎明，王就起來，急忙往獅子坑那裡去。
6:20 臨近坑邊，哀聲呼叫但以理，對但以理說：「永生上帝的僕人但以理啊，你所常事奉的上帝能救你脫離獅子嗎？」
6:21 但以理對王說：「願王萬歲！
6:22 我的上帝差遣使者，封住獅子的口，叫獅子不傷我；因我在上帝面前無辜，我在王面前也沒有行過虧損的事。」
6:23 王就甚喜樂，吩咐人將但以理從坑裡繫上來。於是但以理從坑裡被繫上來，身上毫無傷損，因為信靠他的上帝。
6:24 王下令，人就把那些控告但以理的人，連他們的妻子兒女都帶來，扔在獅子坑中。他們還沒有到坑底，獅子就抓住（原文是勝了）他們，咬碎他們的骨頭。
Then, at break of day, the king arose and
went in haste to the den of lions. As he
came near to the den where Daniel was, he cried out in a tone of anguish. The
king declared to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God,
whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?” Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live
forever! My God sent his angel and shut
the lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless
before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.” Then the king was exceedingly glad, and
commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of
the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his
God. And the king commanded, and those
men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of
lions—they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom
of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.
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但以理被扔入獅子坑中，一夜過去卻毫髮無傷。這件事讓波斯王很安慰，因為上帝派遣使者封住獅子的口，以至於但以理的生命的以保存。對王來說，他沒有失去一位好的大臣。
於是王用自己的權威下令，就把那些控告但以理的人，連他們的妻子兒女都帶來，扔在獅子坑中。他們的結局就是：還沒有到坑底，獅子就抓住他們，咬碎他們的骨頭。
事實上上帝也不一定要搭救但以理，就像羅馬時代許多基督徒在競技場中喪生在獅子口下，上帝並未搭救。但是上帝選擇搭救但以理，這是要讓被擄的猶太人獲得激勵。因為他們雖然處於異族的統治下，但上帝仍然掌權。
故此，我們不要為眼前的事感到灰心失望，上帝的勝利是必然的，而且是永遠的，現在的只是過程中而已，不要害怕，勇敢向前眺望吧！
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