- Blest be God, the Lord of Israel;
he has come to set us free!
And a horn of full salvation
he has raised from David’s seed.
God has visited his people
to redeem them as foretold
in the promise he had spoken
thro’ his prophets from of old.
- God has come in might to save us
from the hatred of our foes.
From their cruel hand he frees us,
and his tender mercy shows
mercy promised in his cov’nant
to our fathers whom he chose.
He will keep his oath to Abr’am
to release us from our woes.
- God has sworn to grant deliv’rance
and restore us to our place:
serving boldly in his presence,
just and holy all our days.
You, my child, will be his Prophet,
called and sent by God Most High.
You must go before the Lord now
to prepare his ways aright.
- Bring the knowledge of salvation
to God’s people in their sin.
Preach that God is tenderhearted,
and by him are sins forgiv’n.
His great mercy, like the sunrise,
brightly shines in deepest night,
guiding those who sit in darkness
to the way of peace and light.
| “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has visited and redeemed his people
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David,
70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 that we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
in the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
| “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
71 salvation from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 to show mercy to our ancestors
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79 to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
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