And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior — the parallel with verse 46 (soul/spirit, glorifies/rejoices) is poetic parallelism communicating the completeness of Mary's response. In God my Savior (theos sōtēr, the saving God) is the Old Testament title for the God who delivers — Psalm 25:5, Habakkuk 3:18. The Savior language anticipates the name Jesus (the Lord saves) given to the child Mary carries: the mother rejoices in the God who is about to embody his saving character in her son.

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