Biblical Imagery - Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
The spiritual titled, Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel, is a narrative and song that spans over many centuries. Enslaved Africans would sing this song as a sign of faith in God despite their oppressed situation. The lyrics of the song are in response to the horrific nature of the life of slavery and the overwhelming desire to part from it. Slaves had a spiritual connection with God and although they were suffering, they knew Jesus Christ and celebrated by singing of the promise that someday they would be freed.
The work, Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel, exhibits a Biblical imagery scene of deliverance in various ways. The work is excellent at revealing the parallels of the life of slavery as it’s compared to multiple struggles of those in the Bible. The chorus is chanted throughout the song, (Gates & McKay, pg. 15).
“Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel,
Deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel?
Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel?
An’ why not every man?”
The lyrics make reference to the Biblical story of Daniel in the Lion’s Den as it’s told in Daniel 6:22 of the Old Testament. Daniel did not follow the laws of the decree to not pray to any God, but he did not listen and continued to pray and thank God for his blessings; because of this, he was ordered to be thrown into the lion’s …show more content…
15). This story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego being saved from the fiery furnace in the book of Daniel, all came about when the three of them refused to worship a gold statue. They were brought before King Nebuchadnezzar and admitted they only worship one true God. The King had them arrested and thrown in the furnace for disobeying the law, but once they were thrown in, the King saw that there were four men in the furnace without burns or scars. God had sent one of his own to protect and save the Hebrew children from the fire (Dembowcyzk, para.
The spiritual titled, Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel, is a narrative and song that spans over many centuries. Enslaved Africans would sing this song as a sign of faith in God despite their oppressed situation. The lyrics of the song are in response to the horrific nature of the life of slavery and the overwhelming desire to part from it. Slaves had a spiritual connection with God and although they were suffering, they knew Jesus Christ and celebrated by singing of the promise that someday they would be freed.
The work, Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel, exhibits a Biblical imagery scene of deliverance in various ways. The work is excellent at revealing the parallels of the life of slavery as it’s compared to multiple struggles of those in the Bible. The chorus is chanted throughout the song, (Gates & McKay, pg. 15).
“Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel,
Deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel?
Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel?
An’ why not every man?”
The lyrics make reference to the Biblical story of Daniel in the Lion’s Den as it’s told in Daniel 6:22 of the Old Testament. Daniel did not follow the laws of the decree to not pray to any God, but he did not listen and continued to pray and thank God for his blessings; because of this, he was ordered to be thrown into the lion’s …show more content…
15). This story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego being saved from the fiery furnace in the book of Daniel, all came about when the three of them refused to worship a gold statue. They were brought before King Nebuchadnezzar and admitted they only worship one true God. The King had them arrested and thrown in the furnace for disobeying the law, but once they were thrown in, the King saw that there were four men in the furnace without burns or scars. God had sent one of his own to protect and save the Hebrew children from the fire (Dembowcyzk, para.