Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
Daniel here pursues his narrative, and thanks God after King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream had been made known to him, while he relates the sense of the words which he had used. May God’s name be blessed, says he, from age to age We ought daily to wish for this; for when we pray that God’s name may be hallowed, continuance is denoted under this form of prayer.
Daniel was condemned to death with all the magicians, though he had not even been summoned, the sword of tyranny devours one as well as another. Yet by prudence toward men and prayer toward God he found favour; in both he prevailed, and so was enabled to answer with counsel and wisdom.
AI summary
Commenting on Daniel 2:14-23
Daniel answered and said,.... That is, he began his prayer, as Jacchiades observes, or his thanksgiving, and expressed it in the following manner: blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: a form of blessing God, or a wish that he may be blessed by men for evermore; for there is that in his name, in his nature, in his perfections, and in...