Daniel 10:5-13

5I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a man dressed in linen with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.

6His body was like yellow jasper, his face like a flash of lightning, his eyes like fiery torches, his arms and his feet like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the roar of a multitude.

7“Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men that were with me did not see the vision. Nevertheless, such a great terror fell upon them that they fled and hid themselves.

8So I was left alone to see this great vision. My strength drained from me and my vigor was destroyed; I could not summon any strength.

9Yet I heard the sound of his words. When I heard him speaking, I fell on my face in a deep sleep with my face to the ground.

10“Then behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.

11He said to me, ‘Daniel, highly valued man, carefully consider the words I am speaking to you. Stand up! For now I have been sent to you.’ When he spoke this word to me, I stood up trembling.

12“Then he said to me, ‘Don’t be afraid, Daniel! For from the first day that you set your heart to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come because of your words.

13However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia resisted me for 21 days, but behold Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me because I had been detained there with the kings of Persia.