Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
No manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. "Faith is stated in Hebrews 11:33 to have been his actuating principle: a prelude to the Gospel ("Who through faith stopped the mouths of lions"). His belief was not with a view to a miraculous deliverance. He shut his eyes to the event, committing the keeping of his soul to God, in well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator (1 Peter 4:19), sure of deliverance in a better life, if not in this.