Daniel 10:18-21

Living Bible

¹⁸ Then the one who seemed to be a man touched me again, and I felt my strength returning. ¹⁹ “God loves you very much,” he said; “don’t be afraid! Calm yourself; be strong—yes, strong!”

Suddenly, as he spoke these words, I felt stronger and said to him, “Now you can go ahead and speak, sir, for you have strengthened me.”

^20-21 He replied, “Do you know why I have come? I am here to tell you what is written in the ‘Book of the Future.’ Then, when I leave, I will go again to fight my way back, past the prince of Persia; and after him, the prince of Greece. Only Michael, the angel who guards your people Israel,^[a] will be there to help me.