Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal confidently, and will not fear: O because the Lord is my strength, and my praise, and he is become my salvation.

“for the strength and the praise of the Eternal the Lord The strength and the praise of the Holy One, blessed be He, that was my salvation. We cannot, however, explain עָזִּי, like עֻזִּי, my strength, for we do not find in Scripture עָזִּי vowelized with a short ‘kamatz,’ but with a ‘shuruk,’ reading עֻזִּי, with the exception of three places where it is accompanied by וְזִמְרָת. Also, וְזִמְרָת cannot be explained like וְזִמְרָתִי, my praise, but we are forced to say that וְזִמְרָת is connected to the word following it. Therefore, I say that the ‘yud’ of עָזִּי is merely like the ‘yud’ of (Deut. 33:16) שׁוֹכְנִי סְנֶה, “He Who dwells in the thornbush.” the Eternal the Lord Until now His Name was divided, and with the downfall of Amalek, it became whole, and so Scripture states (Exodus 17:16): “For the hand is on the throne of the Eternal (כֵּס יָהּ),” implying that the throne is incomplete and the Name is incomplete until the Lord wages war against Amalek. was my salvation. Heb. וַיְהִי לִי לִישׁוּעָה, like הָיָה לִי לִישׁוּעָה, was to me for a salvation, and it is customary for Scripture to speak in this manner. Comp. (Exodus 9:21) “And he who did not heed the word of the Lord, left (וַיַּעֲזֹב) his slaves and his cattle”; also, in II Chronicles (10:17): “And the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned (וַיִּמְלֹךְ) over them.” It should say, מָלַךְ עֲלֵיהֶם.”

“"I will give thanks": here is set down a giving of thanks for a benefit received. This indeed the prophet already saw in the prophetic spirit, and promised to the people. Hence he does three things. First, he sings a canticle; second, he promises the people a benefit, "you shall draw"; third, he foretells that the people will sing, "and you shall say." Now they were then weighed down by three evils: namely, for past faults, by the divine fury; for future punishments, by fear of enemies; for present evils, by sorrow of heart. Against the first he calls to mind the mercy of God; and so he says: "I will give thanks to you, I, Lord," "from now," that is, I will praise, because [this is the praise] of a people not yet seeing the benefit for which they might give thanks, concerning this which follows: "for," first, justly, "you were angry with me," for my sins, "and your fury was turned," into mercy, "and you have consoled me," as to the effect of mercy (the past tense put for the future): and this in the return of the people from Babylon, and especially in the consolation wrought through Christ. Zach. 8: "As I thought to afflict you, when your fathers had provoked me to wrath, says the Lord." Against the second he confesses trust in God: "behold, God is my savior," freeing the people from the servitude of Babylon, or more truly, who saves his people. Matth. 1: "For he himself will save his people from their sins." Jerem. 30: "Do not fear, my servant Jacob, says the Lord, nor be dismayed, Israel, for behold, I will save you from a far land." Against the third, the power of divine strength: "my strength," by which I stand, "and my praise," which I praise, idols having been abandoned. Psal. 17: "I will love you, Lord, my strength." "You shall draw." Here he promises the benefit. "Waters," of consolation, refreshing against the heat of tribulation. "And you shall say." Here he also foretells that the people will sing, after the benefit has been received: and it contains a mutual exhortation of the people to divine praise. Now the exhortation is set down as to three things: to the confession of divine praise, to the giving of thanks: "sing to the Lord"; to common exultation: "exult." Concerning the first, four things are set down. For either we confess through faith: "confess to the Lord." Roman. 10: "With the heart it is believed unto justice, but with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Or we invoke through prayer, "call upon." Below, 55: "Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near." Or it is announced through preaching: "make known his devisings," for he has devised many things for saving. Jer. 31: "Hear the word of the Lord, you nations, and announce it in the islands that are far off." Or it is called to mind through continual meditation, "remember." Psal. 104: "Remember his wonderful works." "Sing." Here he exhorts to the giving of thanks. And first, that they give thanks to God. "Sing to the Lord," "for he has done magnificently," in freeing us. Psalm. 97: "Sing to him a new song, for he has done marvelous things." Second, that it be announced to the world, "announce." Tob. 12: "Bless the God of heaven, and confess to him before all the living." "Exult." Here is set down the exhortation to exultation: and first, that there be joy in the heart, "exult"; second, that there be jubilation in the mouth, "praise"; third, the reason for both is given, "for great." Below, 35: "It shall exult, rejoicing and praising." It should be noted, on that word, "you shall draw waters," that water is, first, of doctrine. Below, 55: "All you who thirst, come to the waters." Second, of grace. Joan. 7: "He who believes in me, rivers of living water shall flow from his belly." Third, of baptismal cleanness. Joan. 3: "Unless one be reborn of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." Likewise note, that water is to be drawn from the fountain: first, of divine wisdom. Eccl. 1: "The fountain of wisdom is the word of God on high." Second, of eternal life. Jer. 2: "They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water." Third, of the body of Christ. Zach. 13: "In that day there shall be a fountain lying open to the house of David." Note, on that word, "his devisings," that Christ devised, first, a brief word of salvation. Baruch 3: "He found out the whole way of knowledge, and gave it to Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved." Second, a new manner of saving. Job 33: "I have found wherein I may be propitious to him." Third, the people to be saved. Luc. 15: "Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost." Note, on that word, "in your midst, the Holy One of Israel," that Christ is in the midst: first, as a light for illuminating. Eccl. 50: "As the morning star in the midst of a cloud." Second, as a mediator for reconciling. Luc., last chapter: "Jesus stood in the midst of the disciples, and said to them, Peace to you." Third, as a minister for distributing. Luc. 22: "But I am in the midst of you as one who serves."”

“Behold, God is my salvation,.... Or Saviour; that is, Christ, who is God, the great God, and so fit to be a Saviour, and is one, was appointed by the Father, provided in covenant, promised in the word, sent in the fulness of time, and is become the author of salvation, which a creature could not be; and this the church saw her interest in, and which was the ground of her comfort before declared; and to which she prefixed the word "behold", as a note of asseveration, affirming him to be her Saviour; and of admiration, wondering at it; and of exclusion of all others from being concerned therein; and of attention and direction to others, pointing him out as the only one to look unto. I will trust, and not be afraid; "trust" in Christ for salvation, be confident of enjoying it, and look upon myself safe and secure from all wrath and condemnation, and from every enemy; and not be "afraid" of sin, Satan, the world, death, hell, and wrath to come. The Targum joins this and the preceding clause together, "behold, in the word of God my salvation I trust, and shall not be moved:'' for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; the author of her spiritual strength; the "strength" of her life, and of her heart, which maintained the one, and supported the other; the strength of her graces, and of her duties, by which she exercised the one, and performed the other: and the subject matter of her "song" were his person, and the fulness and fitness of it, his righteousness, and salvation by him; this clause, and the following one, are taken out of Exo 15:2, he also is become my salvation; salvation is wrought out by Christ, and believers have it in him, and they know it, and believe it, and so are already saved in him.”