"I set my face unto the Lord God," the prophet declared, "to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: and I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession." Verses 3, 4. Though Daniel had long been in the service of God, and had been spoken of by heaven as "greatly beloved," yet he now appeared before God as a sinner, urging the great need of the people he loved. His prayer was eloquent in its simplicity, and intensely earnest. Hear him pleading:

Profeten sagde: "Jeg vendte mit ansigt til Gud Herren for at fremføre bøn og begæring under faste i sæk og aske. Og jeg bad til Herren min Gud, bekendte og sagde ....." 3-4. vers. Skønt Daniel havde været så længe i Guds tjeneste og af Himmelen var blevet betegnet som "højt elsket" trådte han frem for Gud som en synder for at tale sit elskede folks sag. Hans bøn var velformet, men enkel og dybt alvorlig. Hør ham bede: