He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
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He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
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He remembreth mercy: and helpeth his servaunt Israel.
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Hee hath vpholden Israel his seruaunt to be mindefull of his mercie
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- Psalms 98:3 He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Micah 7:20 You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
- Isaiah 44:21 Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
- Isaiah 46:3-4 “Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb. Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
- Isaiah 49:14-16 But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.” “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you! Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.
- Jeremiah 31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 63:7-16 I will tell of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has given to us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. For he said, “Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely;” so he became their Savior. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them. Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, “Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit among them?” Who caused his glorious arm to be at Moses’ right hand? Who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name? Who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, so that they didn’t stumble? As the livestock that go down into the valley, Yahweh’s Spirit caused them to rest. So you led your people to make yourself a glorious name. Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? The yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me. For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, Yahweh, are our Father. Our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
- Jeremiah 31:3 Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.
- Jeremiah 33:24-26 “Don’t consider what this people has spoken, saying, ‘Has Yahweh cast off the two families which he chose?’ Thus they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.” Yahweh says: “If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; then I will also cast away the offspring of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his offspring to be rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to be reversed and will have mercy on them.”
- Zephaniah 3:14-20 Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem. Yahweh has taken away your judgments. He has thrown out your enemy. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is among you. You will not be afraid of evil any more. In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, “Don’t be afraid, Zion. Don’t let your hands be weak.” Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing. I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you. Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict you, and I will save those who are lame, and gather those who were driven away. I will give them praise and honor, whose shame has been in all the earth. At that time I will bring you in, and at that time I will gather you; for I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes, says Yahweh.
- Luke 1:70-75 (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old), salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
- Isaiah 54:6-10 For Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,” says your God. “For a small moment I have forsaken you, but I will gather you with great mercies. In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says Yahweh your Redeemer. “For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving kindness will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says Yahweh who has mercy on you.
- Zechariah 9:9-11 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He hath holpen up Israel with his arm, being…
He hath holpen up Israel with his arm, being clean cast down.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance…
54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
Ver. 54. He hath holpen his servant] He hath put under his hand, and raised him prostrate, taken him up at his feet, αντελαβετο. This he will not do for an evil doer: he taketh not the ungodly by the hand, Job 8:20.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In these verses the blessed virgin celebrates God’s mercy…
In these verses the blessed virgin celebrates God’s mercy together with his truth, withal she hath here a respect to God’s particular goodness and mercy in the sending of the Redeemer. The word which we here translate
hath holpen, signifieth he hath sustained, or as it were lifted up with his hand,
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his servant Israel, or his child Israel. He calleth Ephraim his dear son, his pleasant child, Jer 31:20; but by Israel he meaneth believers, those of Abraham’s seed that lived in the faith, hope, and expectation of the Messiah; the children of the promise, Rom 9:8; those who are Jews inwardly, Rom 2:29; the true circumcision, Phi 3:3; Israelites indeed, Joh 1:47. This, she saith, God had done, not in remembrance of their merits, but his own mercy, Eze 36:32; of his own free goodness and mercy, and in the fulfilling of his promise made to Abraham, Gen 17:15; the extent of which promise is declared Rom 9:6-9; and that seed of Abraham, his seed as the father of the faithful, shall be for ever, and the virtue of the promise shall hold to them for ever.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He hath holpen his servant Israel,.... Meaning, not the…
He hath holpen his servant Israel,.... Meaning, not the natural posterity of Jacob, or Israel in general, but the elect of God among them; for all were not Israel, who were of Israel; and not them only, but also the chosen ones among the Gentiles; who, with the former, make up the whole Israel of God, in a spiritual and mystical sense: these are the Israel, God has chosen, redeemed, and calls by his grace, and are here styled his "servant", as Israel is frequently called, Isa 41:8. The word signifies a "child", as well as a "servant": and may design, either the weak and helpless condition God's elect are in by nature, which calls for, and requires divine help and assistance; or the relation they stand in to him, being his adopted children, and which is the reason of his helping them: and which signifies to take them by the hand, and lift them up, and support and uphold them; and supposes them to have been fallen down, and unable to raise themselves up; but God having laid help for them on one that is mighty, sent him to take upon him their nature; and by obeying, suffering, and dying for them, to help them out of their state of sin and misery; and to uphold them with the right hand of his righteousness, and bring them safe to glory; and all this,
in remembrance of his mercy; which he had in his heart towards them, and had promised in his covenant to them: the mercy of God, is the spring and source of redemption; mercy provided a Redeemer, and a ransom; and it is owing to it, that the Redeemer came; and he, in his love and pity, performed the work: and therefore salvation is to be ascribed, not to works of righteousness done by men, but to the abundant mercy of God our Saviour.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He hath helped his servant Israel - By sending…
He hath helped his servant Israel - By sending the Messiah.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 54. He hath holpen [supported, αντελαβετο] his servant…
Verse 54. He hath holpen [supported, αντελαβετο] his servant Israel] Israel is here represented as falling, and the Lord comes speedily in and props him up. The house of David was now ready to fall and rise no more; Jesus, being born of the very last branch of the regal line, revived the family, and restored the dominion.
In remembrance of his mercy] By mercy, the covenant which God made with Abraham, Ge 15:18, is intended; which covenant proceeded from God's eternal mercy, as in it salvation was promised to all the nations of the earth. See Ge 17:19, and Ge 22:18, and this promise was, in one form or other, given to all the fathers, Lu 1:55.
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This song properly consists of three parts.
1. In the first part Mary praises God for what he had done for herself, Lu 1:46-50.
2. In the second, she praises him for what he had done, and would do, against the oppressors of his people, Lu 1:51-53.
3. In the third, she praises him for what he had done, and would do, for his Church, Lu 1:53-56.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Hath holpen - Hath helped or assisted. The word…
Hath holpen - Hath helped or assisted. The word rendered “holpen” denotes properly, “to take hold of one, to help him up when he is in danger of falling,” and here means that God had succored his people when they were feeble, and were in danger of falling or being overthrown.
His servant Israel - His people the Israelites, or those who truly revered him and kept His commandments. See Isa 41:8-9; Hos 11:1.
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In remembrance of his mercy - Or that His mercy may be remembered.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain holpen--Compare Psa 89:19, "I have laid help on One…
holpen--Compare Psa 89:19, "I have laid help on One that is mighty."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain III. So God shall exalt his humble Israel.
III. So God shall exalt his humble Israel.
54, 55. And this law of wondrous vicissitudes and reverses is now accruing to the behalf of Israel. Sad has been his humiliation; from a high to a low estate has he been brought; but the time of his re-exaltation has now arrived, and the old Abrahamic covenant is now come to its fulfilment.
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Holpen—Old English for helped.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 54. hath holpen] Literally, “took by the hand.” Isa_41:8-9,…
54. hath holpen] Literally, “took by the hand.” Isa_41:8-9, LXX. The proper punctuation of the following words is to remember His mercy—(even as He spake to (πρὸς) our fathers)—to (τῷ) Abraham and his seed for ever. Mic_7:20, “Thou wilt perform … the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.” Gal_3:16, “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (54) He hath holpen his servant Israel.—Up to this…
(54) He hath holpen his servant Israel.—Up to this point the hymn has been one of personal thanks-giving. Now we find that all the soul of the maiden of Nazareth is with her people. Her joy in the “great things “which God has done for her rests on the fact that they are “great things “for Israel also. The word which she uses for her people is that which expresses their relation to God as “the servant” of Jehovah, who is prominent in the later chapters of Isaiah, and is in Isa_41:8 identified with the nation, as elsewhere with the nation’s Head (Isa_42:1). One may see in the utterance of this hope already seen as realised, an indication of the early date of the hymn. At the time when St. Luke wrote, the rejection, not the restoration of Israel, was the dominant thought in men’s minds.
In remembrance.—Literally, in order to remember. He helped Israel, as with the purpose to prove Himself not unmindful of His promised mercy.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 54, 55. He hath holpen his servant Israel,…
Vers. 54, 55. He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; as he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. Her hymn dies down into a strain of gratitude for the eternal faithfulness to the cause of the chosen people. Had not God in very truth remembered his ancient promise? From one of their daughters, still speaking of the future as of the past, Messiah had been born a greater Deliverer, too, than the most sanguine Hebrew patriot had ever dreamed of.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
General Information:
The UDB rearranges these verses into a verse bridge in order to keep the information about Israel together. (See: Verse Bridges)
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He has given help to
"The Lord has helped"
Israel his servant
If readers confuse this with the man named Israel, it could be translated as "his servant, the nation of Israel" or "Israel, his servants."
so as to
"in order to"
to remember
God cannot forget. When God "remembers," it is an idiom that means God acts upon his earlier promise. (See: Idiom)
as he said to our fathers
"just as he promised our ancestors he would do." This phrase supplies background information about God's promise to Abraham. AT: "because he promised our ancestors he would be merciful" (See: Background Information)
his descendants
"Abraham's descendants"
translationWords
Israel
servant
mercy
Abraham
descend
eternity
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1:54-55 Gabriel’s words in 1:32-33 recalled God’s covenant with…
1:54-55 Gabriel’s words in 1:32-33 recalled God’s covenant with David; here Mary alluded to God’s covenant with Abraham (Gen 12:1-3; 17:3-8). • The coming of Jesus brought glory to Israel and salvation to the Gentiles (see Luke 2:32).
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