DARIUS HONORS GOD

25 Then King Darius wrote to those of every people, nation, and language who live on the whole earth: “May your prosperity abound.ae 26 I issue a decreeaf that in all my royal dominion, people must tremble in fear before the God of Daniel:ag

For he is the living God,

and he endures forever;

his kingdom will never be destroyed,ah

and his dominion has no end.

27 He rescues and delivers;

he performs signs and wonders

in the heavens and on the earth,a

for he has rescued Daniel

from the power of the lions.”

28 So Daniel prosperedb during the reign of Darius andA the reign of Cyrus the Persian.c