Zechariah's Prophecy (The Benedictus)

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`Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people,

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And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,

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As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;

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Salvation from our enemies, And out of the hand of all hating us,

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To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,

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An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,

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To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,

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To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.

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And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

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To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins,

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Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,

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To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'