21. It is He who changes the times and the seasons;He removes kings and sets up kings;He gives wisdom to the wiseand knowledge to those who know understanding.
22. He reveals the deep and secret things;He knows what is in the darkness,and the light dwells with Him.
23. I thank and praise You, O God of my fathers;for You have given me wisdom and might,and have made known to me now what we asked of You,for You have made known to us the king’s matter.”
24. Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will tell the king the interpretation.”
25. Then in haste Arioch brought Daniel before the king and said thus to him, “I have found a man of the captives of Judah who can make known to the king the interpretation.”
26. The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?”