69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
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The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 67-80)We have here the song wherewith Zacharias praised God when his mouth was opened ; in it he is said to prophesy (Luke 1:67), and so he did in the strictest sense of prophesying ; for he foretold things to come concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, to which all the prophets bear witness. Observe, I. How he was qualified for this: He was filled with the Holy Ghost , was endued with more than ordinar…
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