Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.
Luke 1:46-47 are synonymous parallelism in which the second line restates the idea of the first line. The term "Magnificat" comes from the first word in the Latin translation of this song that in English is "exalts" or "glorifies." Mary focused on God in whom she rejoiced because He had saved her (Habakkuk 3:18; cf. 1 Samuel 2:1; Psalms 35:9). The phrase "God my Savior" is the equivalent of "God of my salvation" (Psalms 24:5; Psalms 25:5; Micah 7:7; Habakkuk 3:18).