Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised<n id="1" /> the God of heaven,

saying,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Let the name of God<n id="2" /> be praised<n id="3" /> forever and ever,p> <p class="poetry">for wisdom and power belong to him.p>

<p class="bodytext">But at the end of the appointed time<n id="1" /> I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up<n id="2" /> toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me.p> <p class="poetry">I extolled the Most High,p> <p class="poetry">and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever.p> <p class="poetry">For his authority is an everlasting authority,p> <p class="poetry">and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.p>

<p class="bodytext">Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel<n id="2" /> and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring<n id="3" /> the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than<n id="4" /> serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!

<p class="bodytext">When Daniel realized<n id="1" /> that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows<n id="2" /> in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem.<n id="3" /> Three<n id="4" /> times daily he was<n id="5" /> kneeling<n id="6" /> and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.