בֵּאדַ֜יִן מַלְכָּ֣א אֲמַ֗ר וְהַיְתִיו֙ לְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל וּרְמ֕וֹ לְגֻבָּ֖א דִּ֣י אַרְיָוָתָ֑א עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְדָנִיֵּ֔אל אֱלָהָ֗ךְ דִּ֣י אנתה [אַ֤נְתְּ] פָּֽלַֽח־לֵהּ֙ בִּתְדִירָ֔א ה֖וּא יְשֵׁיזְבִנָּֽךְ׃
Kaya't nag-utos ang hari, at dinala nila si Daniel at inihagis siya sa yungib ng mga leon. Nagsalita ang hari at sinabi kay Daniel: “Ang iyong Diyos na pinaglilingkuran mo nang palagian, Siya ang magliligtas sa iyo.”
Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot
HALAKHAH: It is written (Deut. 11:13) “To love the Eternal, your God, and to work3The root עבד means “to work, to serve” and implies some physical exertion. In the religious sense, עבודה without qualifier always means the Temple service, the actual offering of sacrifices and all that is connected with it. (Hence, as noted in reference to Daniel, it cannot take place in Babylonia.) In the Babli (Taänit 2a), prayer is explicitly qualified as “service by the heart”. for Him with all yor heart and all your soul,” does there exist work in the heart? This refers to prayer. And so it says (Dan. 6:17): “Your God, whom you serve permanently, may rescue you.” Is there any service in Babylonia? This refers to prayer.
Megillah
R Elazar b. Hanina also said: Let not the blessing of an ordinary man be held lightly in your eyes, for two men great in their generation were blessed by ordinary men and their blessings were fulfilled. They were, David and Daniel. David was blessed by Aravnah, as it is written, “And Aravnah said to the king, The Lord your God will accept you” (II Samuel 24:23). Daniel was blessed by Darius, as it is written “Your God whom you serve continually, He will deliver you” (Daniel 6:17).