Luke 1:68-79 “May the Lord be praised, who is the God of the Israelites, for He has come to the aid of His people and bought them back i.e., from bondage.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶⁸ “May the Lord be praised, [who is] the God of the Israelites, for He has come to [the aid of] His people and bought them back [i.e., from bondage]. ⁶⁹ He has provided a horn of salvation [i.e., His saving strength] for us from a descendant of His servant King David [i.e., Jesus, born of Mary] ⁷⁰ (as He spoke through the message of the holy prophets of long ago). ⁷¹ [He has provided] salvation from our enemies, and from the [destructive] hand of all those who hate us, ⁷² in order to show mercy to our forefathers and to remember His holy Agreement. ⁷³ [This Agreement was] the oath by which He swore to Abraham, our forefather, ⁷⁴ that we would be delivered from the [destructive] hand of our enemies and [then] serve Him without fear ⁷⁵ by living holy and righteous lives before Him all of our days. ⁷⁶ Yes, you [my] child [i.e., John], will be called the prophet of the Highest [i.e., God], for you will go ahead of the Lord’s presence to prepare His ways. ⁷⁷ And [you will] provide the knowledge of salvation to His people, by [granting them] the forgiveness of their sins ⁷⁸ because of God’s merciful compassion. Therefore, the morning sun from above will arise ⁷⁹ to shine on those who are sitting in darkness and [are under] the shadow of death, and to direct our feet into the way of peace.”