dom like the wisdom of the fhew the interpretation of gods, was found in him; the thing. whom the king Nebuchad- 16 And I have heard of nezzar thy father, the king, thee that thou canst make I fay, thy father made maf-interpretations, and diffolve ter of the magicians, aftro-doubts: now if thou canst logers, Chaldeans, and footh-read the writing, and make fayers; known to me the interpreta 12 Forafmuch as an ex- tion thereof, thou fhalt be cellent fpirit and knowledge, clothed with scarlet, and have and understanding, interpret-a chain of gold about thy ing of dreams, and fhewing neck, and fhalt be the third of hard fentences, and dif- ruler in the kingdom. folving of doubts were found 17¶Then Daniel an-, in the fame Daniel, whom fwered and faid before the the king named Beltefhaz-king, Let thy gifts be to thy zar: now let Daniel be cal-felf, and give thy rewards to led, and he will fhew the in- another, yet I will read the terpretation. writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majefty, and glory, and honour. 13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king; and the king fpake and faid' unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? 14 I have even heard of thee, that the fpirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and underftanding, and ex-whom he would he flew, and cellent wifdom is found in thee. 15 And now the wife men, the aftrologers have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not 19 And for the majefty that he gave him, all people, nations and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he kept alive, and whom he would he fet up, and whom he would he put down. 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was depofed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. 21 And he was driven from the fons of men, and kis heart was made like the beafts, and his dwelling was with the wild affes: they fed him with grafs like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the moft high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomfoever he will. 22 And thou his fon, O Belshazzar, haft not humbled thine heart, though thou kneweft all this: 23 But haft lifted up thyfelf against the Lord of heaven, and they have brought the veffels of his houfe before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines have drunk wine in them, and thou haft praised the gods of filver and gold, of brafs, iron, wood, and ftone, which fee not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whofe hand thy breath is, and whofe are all thy ways, haft thou not glorified. 24 Then was the part of the hand fent from him, and this writing was written. 25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of the thing; MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. 27 TEKEL, thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 28 PERES, thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Perfians. 29 Then commanded Belfhazzar, and they clothed Daniel with fcarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he fhould be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 In that night was Belfhazzar the king of the Chaldeans flain. 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threefcore and two years old. 9 Wherefore king Darius figned the writing and the decree. preferred above the prefidents | Medes and Perfians, which and princes, because an ex-altereth not. cellent fpirit was in him; and the king thought to fet him over the whole realm. 4 Then the prefidents and princes fought to find occafion against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find none occafion nor fault: forafmuch as he was faithful, neither was thereupon his knees' three times any error or fault found in him. 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was figned, he went into his houfe; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerufalem, he kneeled a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. 5 Then faid these men, We fhall not find any occa11 Then these men afsem fion against this Daniel, ex- bled, and found Daniel praycept we find it against himing, and making fupplication concerning the law of his before his God. God. 6 Then these prefidents and princes assembled together to the king, and faid thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 7 All the prefidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors and the captains have confulted together to establish a royal ftatute, and to make a firm decree, that whofoever fhall afk a petition of any God or man for thirty days, fave of thee, O king, he fhall be caft into the den of lions. 8 Now, O king, eftablish the decree, and fign the writing; that it be not changed, according to the law of the 12 Then they came near, and fpake before the king concerning the king's decree, Haft thou not figned a decree, that every man that fhall afk a petition of any God or man within thirty days fave of thee, O king, fhall be caft into the den of lions? The king answered, and faid, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Perfians, which altereth not. 13 Then anfwered they and faid before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou haft figned, but maketh his petition three times a day. I and went in hafte unto the 14 Then the king when den of lions. he heard these words, was fore difpleafed with himself, and fet his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the fun, to deliver him. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel, and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, fervant of the living God, is 15 Then these men affem- thy God, whom thou ferveft bled unto the king, and faid continually, able to deliver unto the king, Know, Othee from the lions? king, that the law of the 21 Then faid Daniel unto Medes and Perfians is, that the king, O king, live for no decree nor ftatute which ever. the king establisheth, may 22 My God hath sent his be changed. angel, and hath shut the lions 16 Then the king com-mouths that they have not manded, and they brought hurt me: forafmuch as beDaniel, and caft him into fore him innocency was found the den of lions: now the in me; and also before thee, king fpake and faid unto Da-O king, have I done no hurt. niel, Thy God whom thou 23 Then was the king exferveft continually, he will ceeding glad for him, and deliver thee. commanded that they should 17 And a ftone was take Daniel up out of the brought, and laid upon the den: fo Daniel was taken up mouth of the den, and the out of the den, and no manner king fealed it with his own of hurt was found upon him, fignet, and with the fignet because he believed in his of his lords; that the pur-God. pofe might not be changed concerning Daniel. 18 ¶ Then the king went to his palace, and paffed the night fafting: neither were inftruments of mufick brought before him, and his fleep went from him. 19 Then the king arofe very early in the morning, 24 And the king commanded, and they brought thofe men which had accused Daniel, and they caft them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the maftery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bot H h 4 tom of the den. 25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth, Peace be multiplied unto you. the defolations of Jerufalem, 3 And I fet my face unto the Lord God to seek by prayer and fupplications with fafting, and fackcloth, and afhes. 4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confeffion, and faid, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant, and mercy to them that love him, 26 I make a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom, men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and ftedfaft for ever, and his kingdom that which and to them that keep his fhall not be destroyed, and commandments: his dominion, fhall be even unto the end. 5 We have finned and 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 fervants the 27 He delivereth and refcueth, and he worketh figns and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. 28 So this Daniel prof-prophets, which spake in thy pered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Perfian. I CHAP. IX, N the first year of Darius the fon of Ahasuerus, of the feed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; 2 In the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah | the prophet, that he would. accomplish feventy years in 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 trefpafs, that they have trefpaffed against thee. 8 O Lord, to us belongeth confufion of face, to our |