Lifted up mine eyes. — A sign of seeking help from heaven, as Psalms 123:1. By his “understanding” is not meant his consciousness so much as his sense of personality, which had been lost for a time.
Whose dominion... — These words, like those in Daniel 4:3, recall Psalms 145:13; and the next verse is not unlike Isaiah 40:17; Isaiah 43:13; Isaiah 43:21. It is hard to suppose that the king was so thoroughly versed in the Hebrew Scriptures that he should be able to make use of them as doxologies. This gives support to the conjecture that the letter was composed by Daniel and not by the king.