19. At dawn, at the first sign of light, the king rose and rushed to the lions’ pit.
20. As he approached it, he called out to Daniel, worried: "Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God—the one you serve so consistently—able to rescue you from the lions?"
21. Then Daniel answered the king: "Long live the king!
22. My God sent his messenger, who shut the lions’ mouths. They haven’t touched me because I was judged innocent before my God. I haven’t done anything wrong to you either, Your Majesty."