Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Ver. 68. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel] This is Hymnus Evangelicissimus, say both Bucer and Pellican. A most evangelical canticle.
Redeemed his people] From the wrath of God over them; the guilt and power of sin within them; from Satan and the punishment of sin without them.