19. Forgive us! Hurry and do something, not only for your city and your chosen people, but to bring honour to yourself.
20. I was still confessing my sins and those of all Israel to the Lord my God, and I was praying for the good of his holy mountain,
21. when Gabriel suddenly came flying in at the time of the evening sacrifice. This was the same Gabriel I had seen in my vision,
22. and he explained:Daniel, I am here to help you understand the vision.
23. God thinks highly of you, and at the very moment you started praying, I was sent to give you the answer.