Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Ver. 14. Because he hath set his love upon me, &c.] Because he cleaveth unto me, and acquiesceth in me. Ardet me, amplexus est me. Thus God is brought in speaking toward the close of all, for greater assurance. Aben Ezra saith that it is the speech of God to his angels.
I will set him on high, because he hath known my name] And hence it is that his heart is so set upon me. They that know God's name will surely trust in him, Psalms 9:10. "Thy name is as an ointment poured out, therefore do the virgins love thee," Song of Solomon 1:3. But unkent unkist, as the northern proverb hath it; men, therefore, care not for God because they know not his excellencies.