Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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" (Luke 1:54-55; compare Psalms 106:45).
given me wisdom and might—Thou being the fountain of both; referring to Daniel 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 matter—the very words in which the Chaldeans had denied the possibility of any man on earth telling the dream ("not a man upon the earth can show the king's matter," Daniel 2:10). Impostors are compelled by the God of truth to eat up their own words.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Daniel 2:23:
Daniel 2:10
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