68  zBlessed be the Lord aGod of Israel;

For he hath bvisited and credeemed his people,

69  And hath raised up dan horn of salvation for us

In the house of his servant David;

70  eAs he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,

Which have been fsince the world began:

71  That we should be saved from our enemies,

And from the hand of all that hate us;

72  gTo perform the mercy promised to our fathers,

And hto remember his holy covenant;

73  iThe oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

74  That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies

Might kserve him without fear,

75  lIn holiness and righteousness before him,

mAll the days of our life.

76  And thou, child, shalt be called nthe prophet of othe Highest:

For pthou shalt go before the face of the Lord

pTo prepare his ways;

77  To give ppknowledge of salvation unto his people

||By the remission of their sins,

78  Through the ||tender mercy of our God;

Whereby the ||dayspring from on high hath bvisited us,

79  qTo give light to them rthat sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

To guide our feet into the way of speace.