Thenthe king'sfacegrewpaleand his thoughtsalarmedhim, and his hipjointswentslackand his kneesbegan knockingtogether.
I am pouredout like water,And allmy bonesare out of joint;My heartis like wax;It is meltedwithinme.
May their eyesgrowdimsothat they cannotsee,And make their loinsshakecontinually.
Encouragethe exhausted,and strengthenthe feeble.
Noonein it is wearyor stumbles,Noneslumbersor sleeps;Noris the beltat its waistundone,Norits sandalstrapbroken.
"The kingof Babylonhas heardthe reportabout them, And his handshanglimp;Distresshas grippedhim, Agonylike a woman in childbirth.
"And whenthey sayto you, 'Whydo you groan?'you shall say,'Becauseof the newsthat is coming;and everyheartwill melt,allhandswill be feeble,everyspiritwill faintand allkneeswill be weakas water.Behold,it comesand it will happen,'declaresthe LordGOD."
Allhandswill hanglimpand allkneeswill become[like] water.
Now in the secondyearof the reignof Nebuchadnezzar,Nebuchadnezzarhaddreams;and his spiritwas troubledand his sleeplefthim.
ThenNebuchadnezzarwas filledwith wrath,and his facialexpressionwas alteredtowardShadrach,Meshachand Abed-nego.He answeredby givingordersto heatthe furnaceseventimesmorethanit was usuallyheated.
"ThenDaniel,whosenameis Belteshazzar,was appalledfor a whileas his thoughtsalarmedhim. The kingrespondedand said,'Belteshazzar,do not let the dreamor its interpretationalarmyou.' Belteshazzarreplied,My lord,[if only] the dreamapplied to those who hateyou and its interpretationto your adversaries!
"I sawa dreamand it mademe fearful;and [these] fantasies[as I lay] on my bedand the visionsin my mindkeptalarmingme.
Suddenlythe fingersof a man'shandemergedand began writingoppositethe lampstandon the plasterof the wallof the king'spalace,and the kingsawthe backof the handthat did the writing.
"At thispointthe revelationended.As for me, Daniel,my thoughtswere greatlyalarmingme and my facegrewpale,but I keptthe matterto myself."
She is emptied!Yes, she is desolateand waste!Heartsare meltingand kneesknocking!Also anguishis in the wholebodyAnd alltheir facesare grownpale!
Therefore,strengthenthe handsthat are weakand the kneesthat are feeble,
