Daniel 6:19 (DRB)

Passage

Then the king rising very early in the morning, went in haste to the lions' den:

Nearby Context

Daniel 6:17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den: which the king sealed with his own ring, and with the ring of his nobles, that nothing should be done against Daniel.

Daniel 6:18 And the king went away to his house, and laid himself down without taking supper, and meat was not set before him, and even sleep departed from him.

Daniel 6:19 Then the king rising very early in the morning, went in haste to the lions' den:

Daniel 6:20 And coming near to the den, cried with a lamentable voice to Daniel, and said to him: Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God, whom thou servest always, been able, thinkest thou, to deliver thee from the lions?

Daniel 6:21 And Daniel answering the king, said: O king, live for ever:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "rising", "very", "early", "morning", "went", "haste", and "lions'". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "king" and "rising", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "And the king went away to his..." into verse 20's "And coming near to the den cried...", so "king" and "rising" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "king" and "rising" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.