John Trapp on Daniel 8:27

Ver. 27. And I Daniel fainted and was ſick] So deeply affected was he with the viſion, and ſhould we be with the word preached: it ſhould work upon our very bowels, and go to the hearts of us, Jer. 4.19. Acts 2.37.

Afterwards I roſe up and did the Kings buſineſſe] Viz. King Belſhazzar's, with whom, though he was out of grace, yet not out of office under him, and will not therefore be indiligent. Malo mihi malè eſſe, quam molliter. Seneca. Let us not neglect the work of the Lord, though leſſe able to perform it. A ſick childs ſervice is double-accepted.

But none underſtood it] Daniel diſſembled his ſorrow for Sion before ſcorners, Eſth. 5.1. Taciturnity is no contemptible vertue.