Daniel’s Prayer upon Learning the Secret of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

Many of the biblical prayers included here—both prose and verse—are set within narratives. Some, however, appear within other genres. For example, the prayer of Habakkuk constitutes the last chapter of the book of the prophet Habakkuk, from earlier in Habakkuk (see “ A Complaint to God and Babylon ” for selections), and the fifth chapter of the book of Lamentations is part of a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of the Temple and the city of Jerusalem in 586 BCE (see “ Lamentations ” for other selections from that book).