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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
Verse 21. "'O king, live forever!'" Daniel honors the one who accords honor to him, and prays for him eternal life.
Hippolytus of Rome
"And Daniel said to the king, 'My God sent his angel and he shut the mouth of the lions and they did not harm me because before him uprightness was found in me and before you, O king, I have not committed transgressions.'" [Daniel 6:21-22] What great trust he has to God rather than to men! For men despair and are handed over to death, but God does not abandon his slaves. On account of this the Psalmist teaches saying, "It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man. …
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