27He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
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I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. …
By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-28)Darius here studies to make some amends for the dishonour he had done both to God and Daniel, in casting Daniel into the lions’ den, by doing honour to both. I. He gives honour to God by a decree published to all nations, by which they are required to fear before him. And this is a decree which is indeed fit to be made unalterable, according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, for it is the eve…
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