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.”