Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and [it shall be] blessed for ever.
Ver. 27. Now therefore let it please thee.] Or, It hath pleased thee. Compare 2 Samuel 7:29. Prayers are often made in faith as if they were already done.
For thou blessest, O Lord.] His often mentioning of God in this holy prayer is an evidence of strong affiance in God, and of his great affection to him, as is well observed.