his petition three times a day. | and went in haste unto the 14 Then the king when den of lions. was 20 And when he came to he heard these words, fore difpleased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the fun, to deliver him. 15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Perfians is, that no decree nor statute which the king establisheth, may be changed. 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions: now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. a the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel, and the king spake and faid to Daniel, O Daniel, fervant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? 21 Then faid Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions mouths that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the 17 And stone was brought, and laid upon the den: so Daniel was taken up mouth of the den, and the out of the den, and no manner king sealed it with his own of hurt was found upon him, signet, and with the signet because he believed in his of his lords; that the pur- God. pose might not be changed concerning Daniel. 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fafting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him, and his fleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the botHh4 tom tom of the den. the defolations of Jerufalem. 25 Then king Darius 3 And I fet my face wrote unto all people, na-unto the Lord God to feek tions, and languages that by prayer and fupplications dwell in all the earth, Peace with fafting, and sackcloth, be multiplied unto you. and ashes. 26 I make a decree, that 4 And I prayed unto the in every dominion of my Lord my God, and made my kingdom, men tremble and confession, and said, O Lord, fear before the God of Da- the great and dreadful God, niel: for he is the living keeping the covenant, and God, and stedfast for ever, mercy to them that love him, and his kingdom that which and to them that keep his shall not be destroyed, and commandments: his dominion shall be even 5 We have finned and unto the end. have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts, and from thy judgments. 6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confufion of faces, as at this day : to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerufalem, and unto all Ifrael that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou haft driven them, because of their trespass, that they have trefpassed against thee. 8 O Lord, to us belongeth confufion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have finned against thee. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveneffes, though we have rebelled against him. 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he fet before us by his fervants the prophets. II Yea, all Israel have tranfgreffed thy law, even by departing that they might not obey thy voice, therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Mofes the fervant of God, because we have finned against him. 12 And he hath confirmed his words which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done, as hath been done upon Jerufalem. 13 As it is written in the law of Mofes, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. 14 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righte ous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, that haft brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and haft gotten thee renown as at this day: we have finned, we have done wickedly. 16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousnefs, I befeech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerufalem, thy holy mountain: because for our fins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerufalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy fervant, and his fupplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy fanctuary that is defolate, for the Lord's fake. 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our defolations, and the city, which is called by tay name: for we do not present our fupplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 19 O Lord hear, O Lord forgive, 1 forgive, O Lord hearken and to make reconciliation for do, defer not for thine own iniquity, and to bring in efake, O my God: for thy verlafting righteousness, and city, and thy people, are cal- to seal up the vision and led by thy name. prophecy, and to anoint the 20 And whiles I was most holy. speaking, and praying, and 25 Know therefore and confeffing my fin, and the fin understand, that from the of my people Ifrael, and pre- going forth of the commandsenting my fupplication be-ment to restore and to build fore the Lord my God, for Jerufalem, unto the Meffiah the holy mountain of my the prince, shall be seven God: weeks; and threescore and 21 Yea, whiles I was speak- two weeks the streets shall ing in prayer, even the man be built again, and the wall, Gabriel, whom I had seen in even in troublous times. the vision at the beginning, 26 And after threescore and being caused to fly swiftly, two weeks shall Meffiah be cut touched me about the time of off, but not for himself: and the evening oblation. the people of the prince that 22 And he informed me, shall come, shall deftroy the and talked with me, and said, city, and the fanctuary, and O Daniel, I am now come the end thereof shall be with forth to give thee skill and a flood, and unto the end understanding. of the war defolations are 23 At the beginning of determined. thy supplications the com- 27 And he shall confirm mandment came forth, and the covenant with many for I am come to shew thee; one week: and in the midst for thou art greatly beloved: of the week he shall cause therefore understand the mat- the sacrifice and the oblation ter, and confider the vision. to cease, and for the over 24 Seventy weeks are de-spreading of abominations, termined upon thy people, he shall make it desolate, and upon thy holy city, to even until the consummation, finish the tranfgreffion, and and that determined shall be to make an end of fins, and poured upon the defolate. BOOK L The WISDOM OF SOLOMON. CHAP. I. OVE righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth; think of the Lord with a good (heart,) and in fimplicity of heart seek him. 2 For he will be found of them that tempt him not: and sheweth himself unto fuch as do not distrust him. 3 For froward thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwife. 4 For into a malicious foul wisdom shall not enter : nor dwell in the body that is subject unto fin. 5 For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in. 6 For wisdom is a loving spirit: and will not acquit a blafphemer of his words: for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue. 7 For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things, hath knowledge of the voice. 8 Therefore he that speaketh unrighteous things, cannot be hid: neither shall vengeance, when it punisheth, pass by him. |