Exalteth the horn of his people, to wit, above the horns of all the people in the world, in respect of their spiritual and eternal privileges, as it here follows. The horn in Scripture doth commonly note strength, victory, glory, and felicity, as Deuteronomy 33:17, and everywhere. The praise; either, 1. He is the praise, as God is called, Deuteronomy 10:21, to wit, the God of their praise, as Psalms 119:1, the chiefest object and matter of it: or,
2. Which is the praise; which work of God in exalting their horn is their glory, and maketh them praiseworthy, or obligeth and provoketh them in a singular manner to perform this great duty of praising God, which is so generally neglected by others. Near unto him, by special relation, and friendship, and covenant, and by familiar intercourses; God manifesting his face and favour to them, and they frequently and solemnly approaching into his presence, and worshipping him at his footstool.