Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the (p) dayspring from on high hath visited us,
(p) Or "bud", or "branch"; he alludes to (Jeremiah 23:5) (Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12); and he is called a bud from on high, that is, sent from God unto us, and not as other buds which bud out of the earth.