Blessed [be] the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put [such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem:
Ver. 27. Blessed be the Lord God] Deo gratias to the God of graces, is ever in a good man's mouth. The Jews at this day are bound to say a hundred benedictions every day; and more as occasion requires (Leo Modena).