Verse 10
10. Above him Above the enemy who contends against God.
In the heavens he shall thunder As he did when the Philistines attacked Samuel and the Israelites. 1 Samuel 7:10, and references.
The ends of the earth The earth in its utmost extremities; the whole world. His king and his anointed are the same, and are to be understood, not of one particular king alone, but of Saul and David and their successors. It is not true, as some have affirmed, that this is the first time the word משׁיח , anointed one, is found in the Scriptures, for in Leviticus 4:3; Leviticus 5:16, it is several times applied to the high priest. Neither is it to be understood of Christ alone, for it is used of Saul, (1 Samuel 24:10,) and David, (2 Samuel 19:21; 2 Samuel 22:51,) and other Hebrew kings, (Psalms 89:38,) and even of Cyrus, the Persian conqueror. Isaiah 45:1. But the Hebrew Monarchy, of which David was the brightest star, was a type of the Messiah’s kingdom, and culminated at last in the Messiah himself. Hence Jehovah’s promises of salvation to David, his anointed, were also extended “to his seed for evermore.” Psalms 18:50; compare 2 Samuel 7:12-16. Thus we see how, in the spirit of inspiration, this song of Hannah looks far into the future, and catches glimpses even of Messiah’s day.
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