Luke 1:67-79

New American Standard Bible

⁶⁸ “^(C)Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
For He has visited us and accomplished ^(D)redemption for His people,
⁶⁹ And has raised up a ^(E)horn of salvation for us
In the house of ^(F)His servant David—
^70 (G)Just as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets ^(H)from ancient times—
^71 [a](I)Salvation ^(J)from our enemies,
And from the hand of all who hate us;
^72 (K)To show mercy to our fathers,
^(L)And to remember His holy covenant,
^73 (M)The oath which He swore to our father Abraham,
⁷⁴ To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,
Would serve Him without fear,
^75 (N)In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
⁷⁶ And you, child, also will be called the ^(O)prophet of ^(P)the Most High;
For you will go on ^(Q)before the Lord to ^(R)prepare His ways;
⁷⁷ To give His people the knowledge of salvation
^[b]By ^(S)the forgiveness of their sins,
⁷⁸ Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which ^(T)the Sunrise from on high will visit us,
^79 (U)To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the ^(V)way of peace.”