⁸ And the words came to my ears, but the sense of them was not clear to me: then I said, O my lord, what is the sense of these things?

¹³ But the angel of the kingdom of Persia put himself against me for twenty-one days; but Michael, one of the chief angels, came to my help; and when I came he was still there with the angel of the kings of Persia.

⁹ And when the beasts give glory and honour to him who is seated on the high seat, to him who is living for ever and ever,