For he remembered his holy promise, [and] Abraham his servant.
Ver. 42. For he remembered his holy promise] Holy, that is, firm, and inviolable, Heb. the word of his holiness, that is, his sacred and gracious engagement, whereby he had made himself a voluntary debtor to Abraham's posterity.
And Abraham his servant] To whom he had passed his promise four hundred and thirty years before. Nullum tempus occurrit regi.