Living_Oracles(i)
68 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people;
69 and has raised a Prince for our deliverance in the house of David his servant;
70 (as anciently he promised by his holy prophets)
71 for our deliverance from our enemies, and from the hands of all who hate us;
72 in kindness to our forefathers, and remembrance of his holy institution;
73 the oath which he swore to our father Abraham,
74 to grant to us, that being rescued out of the hands of our enemies, we might serve him boldly,
75 in piety and uprightness all our days.
76 And you, child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the Lord, to prepare his way,
77 by giving the knowledge of salvation to his people, in the remission of their sins,
78 through the tender compassion of our God, who has caused a light to spring from on high to visit us,
79 to enlighten those who abide in darkness and in the shades of death; to direct our feet into the way of peace.