God

For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; And holy is his name.

And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

He hath given help to Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy

(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, blessing God.

And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

Blessedbethe Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,

(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),

To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear,

Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins,

Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased.

And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.

(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.