Zechariah’s Prophecy
67 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and xprophesied, saying,
68 y“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for zhe has visited and aredeemed his people
69 and has braised up a chorn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David,
70 as he spoke dby the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 that we should be esaved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show fthe mercy promised to our fathers
and to gremember his holy covenant,
73 hthe 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 irighteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will jgo before the Lord kto prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
in the lforgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the msunrise shall visit us1 from on high
79 nto give olight to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the pway of peace.”
Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet
Aleph
1 1 oBlessed are those whose way is blameless,
who pwalk in the law of the Lord!
2 Blessed are those who qkeep his testimonies,
who rseek him with their whole heart,
3 who also do no wrong,
but walk in his ways!
4 You have commanded your precepts
5 Oh that my ways may be steadfast
in ukeeping your statutes!
6 Then I shall vnot be put to shame,
having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
7 I will praise you with an upright heart,
when I learn your righteous rules.2
8 I will keep your statutes;
wdo not utterly forsake me!
