“For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.”
Daniel confesses that his strength has left him and he can hardly breathe; he cannot speak until the one like the son of man touches him and strengthens him—admitting the physical and psychological toll of the revelation and his complete dependence on supernatural support for endurance. The description of breathlessness and inability to speak articulates the visceral impact of heavenly encounter. The repeated touch conveys God's compassionate attentiveness to the prophet's distress.
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