and at his coming near to the den, to Daniel, with a grieved voice, he crieth. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, thy God, whom thou art serving continually, is He able to deliver thee from the lions?'
Daniel 6:18 Then hath the king gone to his palace, and he hath passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep hath fled <FI>from<Fi> off him.
Daniel 6:19 Then doth the king rise in the early morning, at the light, and in haste to the den of lions he hath gone;
Daniel 6:20 and at his coming near to the den, to Daniel, with a grieved voice, he crieth. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, thy God, whom thou art serving continually, is He able to deliver thee from the lions?'
Daniel 6:21 Then Daniel hath spoken with the king: `O king, to the ages live:
Daniel 6:22 my God hath sent His messenger, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not injured me: because that before Him purity hath been found in me; and also before thee, O king, injury I have not done.'
The verse centers on "coming", "near", "daniel", "grieved", "voice", "crieth", "king", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "coming" and "near", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 19's "Then doth the king rise in the..." into verse 21's "Then Daniel hath spoken with the king...", so "coming" and "near" 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 "coming" and "near" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.