3 How great are His miracles,and how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.
4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.
5 I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
6 So I issued a decree to bring all the wise men of Babylon to me in order that they might make the dream’s interpretation known to me.
7 When the diviner-priests, mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.
8 Finally Daniel, named Belteshazzar after the name of my god — and the spirit of the holy gods is in him — came before me. I told him the dream:
9 “Belteshazzar, head of the diviners, because I know that you have a spirit of the holy gods and that no mystery puzzles you, explain to me the visions of my dream that I saw, and its interpretation.