He hath remembered, practically, so as to perform it; as that word is frequently used in Scripture. The word; the word of promise, or the covenant, as is explained both in the foregoing and following words. And so the word is taken Judges 13:12 Luke 1:38. Commanded, i.e. established, or ordained, or appointed, as this word is oft taken, as Psalms 68:28, Psalms 71:3 133:3 Isaiah 13:3, Isaiah 23:11. To a thousand generations; to all generations; a certain number being put for an uncertain. He seems to allude to that passage, Exodus 20:6.

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