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Mercy (ἔλεος)
The word emphasizes the misery with which grace (see on Luk 1:30) deals; hence, peculiarly the sense of human wretchedness coupled with the impulse to relieve it, which issues in gracious ministry. Bengel remarks, “Grace takes away the fault, mercy the misery.”
From generation to generation (εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γενεὰς)
Lit., as Rev., unto generations and generations.
Fear (φοβουμένος)
The word is used in both a good and a bad sense in the New Testament. For the latter, see Mat 21:46; Mar 6:20; Mar 11:32; Luk 12:4 :. For the former, as here, in the sense of godly reverence, Act 10:2, Act 10:22, Act 10:35; Col 3:22; Rev 14:7; Rev 15:4.