“And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;”
Daniel addresses the Lord as the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments—acknowledging the conditional nature of covenant blessing while affirming God's faithfulness to his commitments. This opening establishes the theological framework for Daniel's intercession: God's covenant character guarantees responsiveness to faithful prayer. The invocation reminds both God and Daniel of the relational basis for petition.
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