Through thee will we push down our enemies
The Chaldee paraphrase renders it, "through the Word": the
essential Word of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the church's
King and God, and has wrought out complete deliverance and
salvation for his people; and he is the horn of salvation, by
which, though weak in themselves, they push down their enemies,
which are many and mighty, and they are more than conquerors over
them: the metaphor is taken from creatures pushing with their
horns those that oppose them, and in defence of themselves; and
there seems to be an allusion to ( Deuteronomy
33:17 ) ;
through thy name will we tread them under that rise up
against us;
in the name of the Lord the saints set up their banners, and in
his name they come forth and fight with their spiritual enemies,
that rise up against them, as sin, Satan, and wicked men; and in
the name, and through the power of the Lord, they tread them down
as mire in the streets; and before long Satan will be wholly
bruised under them; and the antichristian party shall be trodden
down by them, and be as ashes under the soles of their feet; see
( Romans
16:20 ) ( Malachi 4:3 ) .