Because he hath set his love upon me
These are the words of God himself; and, according to Aben Ezra,
are directed to the angels, describing the good man, and making
promises to him; and in this clause he is represented as one that
had "set his love" upon the Lord, being first loved by the Lord,
and having the grace of love wrought in his heart by him: the
phrase denotes the strength of his affection to God, and the
sincerity of it; its singularity, being placed alone on him, and
the settlement and fixedness of it, so as nothing could separate
from it: this the Lord takes great notice of, and is highly well
pleased with: hence it follows,
therefore will I deliver him:
from noisome diseases before mentioned, from all afflictions into
which he comes, and from all the temptations of the evil one, so
as that he shall not be hurt or destroyed by them:
I will set him on high;
on the Rock Christ Jesus, that is higher than he, higher than the
angels, higher than the heavens, and where he is now out of the
reach of all his enemies, and will be set hereafter on high in
heaven, among princes, inheriting the throne of glory; yea, even
set upon the same throne with Christ himself:
because he hath known my name;
himself, his being, and perfections; his Son, the Angel of his
presence, in whom his name, nature, and perfections are; and his
name as proclaimed in him, a God gracious and merciful; and this
not merely notionally, but experimentally, and affectionately and
fiducially; for such, that truly know him, love him, and trust in
him; and these exalt him, and so are exalted and set on high by
him.