Faith stoppeth the mouths of lions Heb. xi. 34., as in Daniel’s case:  for the Scripture saith concerning him, that Daniel was brought up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God Dan. vi. 23..  Is there anything more fearful than the devil?  Yet even against him we have no other shield than faith 1 Pet. v. 9:  Whom resist, stedfast in the faith., an impalpable buckler against an unseen foe.  For he sends forth divers arrows, and shoots down in the dark night Ps. xi. 2, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart (R.V.).  The Hebrew word לפֶא, signifying deep darkness (Job iii. 6; x. 22) is vigorously rendered by the Seventy σκοτομήνη, which is explained by the Scholiast on Homer (Od. xiv. 457:  Νὺξ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπῆλθε κακὴ σκοτομήνιος) to be the deep darkness of the night preceding the new moon. those that watch not; but, since the enemy is unseen, we have faith as our strong armour, according to the saying of the Apostle, In all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one Eph. vi. 16..  A fiery dart of desire of base indulgence is often cast forth from the devil:  but faith, suggesting a picture of the judgment, cools down the mind, and quenches the dart.