The King Praises the God of Daniel and Daniel Prospers

²⁵ Then Darius the king wrote to all the people, the nations, and the languages living in the whole earth, “May your prosperity become great! ²⁶ I make a decree^[a] that in all the dominion of my kingdom people will be trembling and fearing before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God and endures forever^[b] and his^[c] kingdom is one that will not be destroyed and his dominion has no end.^{[d] 27} He is rescuing, delivering, and working signs and wonders in the heavens and on earth, for he has rescued Daniel from the power^[e] of the lions.”