Their inward thought is; though they are ashamed to express it, yet it is their secret opinion, and hope, and wish. Their houses; either,
1. Their posterity, oft called men's houses 2 Samuel 7:11, &c.; Psalms 113:9, Psalms 115:12. Or,
2. Their mansion houses, as it is explained in the next clause, which also serve for this purpose, to preserve a man name for ever. Shall continue for ever; not to them in their own persons, but to them and theirs in succeeding generations, as it follows. They call their lands after their own names; fondly dreaming by this means to immortalize their names and memories.