Daniel 10:8-19

8I was left alone, looking at this great vision. No strength was left in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

9I heard the words he said, and when I heard them I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.

10Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me shaking on my hands and knees.

11He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man treasured by God. Understand the words that I’m saying to you. Stand on your feet, for I have now been sent to you.” After he said this to me, I stood trembling.

12“Don’t be afraid, Daniel,” he said to me, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.

13But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me after I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

14Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the last days, for the vision refers to those days.”

15While he was saying these words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and was speechless.

16Suddenly one with human likeness touched my lips. I opened my mouth and said to the one standing in front of me, “My lord, because of the vision, anguish overwhelms me and I am powerless.

17How can someone like me, your servant, speak with someone like you, my lord? Now I have no strength, and there is no breath in me.”

18Then the one with a human appearance touched me again and strengthened me.

19He said, “Don’t be afraid, you who are treasured by God. Peace to you; be very strong!” As he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”