“Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.”
Then, at break of day, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions. When he came near the den where Daniel was, he cried out anxiously, O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions? The king's immediate return to the den at dawn shows his anxiety for Daniel's fate. His use of the phrase servant of the living God represents a confession of faith in Israel's God as truly alive and active. His question—has your God been able to deliver you—expresses hope for divine intervention while acknowledging the reality that the night has passed and the usual outcome in such situations would be death.
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