Daniel 2:23

“I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God my fathers, etc.] His remote ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and more near progenitors, to whom God had made promises, and revealed his secrets in time past, and still continued his favours to Daniel; for which he was abundantly thankful, and owned and confessed the goodness of God to him, and praised him on account of it: who hast given me wisdom and might; or “strength”f90; courage and fortitude of mind, to go in to the king when in his fury, to promise to show his dream, and the interpretation of it; and strength of faith in prayer to God to obtain it, and who gave him wisdom to know it: Jacchiades interprets this might of power to save his…”

“thee . . . thee--He ascribes all the glory to God. God of my fathers--Thou hast shown Thyself the same God of grace to me, a captive exile, as Thou didst to Israel of old and this on account of the covenant made with our "fathers" (Luk 1:54-55; compare Psa 106:45). given me wisdom and might--Thou being the fountain of both; referring to Dan 2:20. Whatever wise ability I have to stay the execution of the king's cruel decree, is Thy gift. me . . . we . . . us--The revelation was given to Daniel, as "me" implies; yet with just modesty he joins his friends with him; because it was to their joint prayers, and not to his individually, that he owed the revelation from God. known . . . the king's…”

“I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers - By his “fathers” here, Daniel refers doubtless to the Jewish people in general, and not to his own particular ancestors. The meaning of the phrase “God of my fathers” is, that he had been their protector; had regarded them as his people; had conferred on them great favors. The particular ground of thanksgiving here is, that the same God who had so often revealed himself to the Hebrew people by the prophets in their own land, had now condescended to do the same thing to one of their nation, though a captive in a strange country. The favor thus bestowed had an increased value, from the fact that it showed that the Hebrew people were not…”

“thank: Ch1 29:13; Psa 50:14, Psa 103:1-4; Isa 12:1; Mat 11:25; Luk 10:21; Joh 11:41 O thou: Gen 32:9-11; Exo 3:15; Kg1 8:57, Kg1 18:36; Ch1 29:10; Ch2 20:6 who hast: Dan 2:20, Dan 2:21; Pro 8:14, Pro 21:22, Pro 24:5; Ecc 7:19, Ecc 9:16, Ecc 9:18 and hast: Dan 2:18, Dan 2:29, Dan 2:30; Gen 18:17; Psa 25:14; Amo 3:7; Joh 15:15; Rev 1:1, Rev 5:5 Daniel 2:24”