Then those men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help.
They will truly turn back to you in the land of their enemies. They will pray to you, facing this land you gave their ancestors, this city you have chosen, and the Temple I have built for you.
They wait in hiding like a lion. They wait to catch poor people; they catch the poor in nets.
Seven times a day I praise you for your fair laws.
Hear the sound of my prayer, when I cry out to you for help. I raise my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
You who have escaped being killed with swords, leave Babylon! Don’t wait! Remember the Lord in the faraway land and think about Jerusalem.”
So the supervisors and governors went as a group to the king and said: “King Darius, live forever!