68  ^g“Blessed be the Lord ^hGod of Israel,

for he has ⁱvisited and ^jredeemed his people

69  and ^khas raised up ^la horn of salvation for us

^min the house of his servant David,

70  ⁿas ^ohe spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

71  ^pthat we should be saved from our enemies

and from the hand of all who hate us;

72  ^qto show the mercy promised to our fathers

and ^rto remember his holy ^scovenant,

73  ^tthe oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us

74  that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,

might serve him ^uwithout fear,

75  ^vin holiness and righteousness before him ^wall our days.

76  And you, child, will be called ^xthe prophet of ^ythe Most High;

for ^zyou will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

77  to give knowledge of salvation to his people

^ain the forgiveness of their sins,

78  because of the ^btender mercy of our God,

whereby ^cthe sunrise shall ^dvisit us^{1 e}from on high

79  to ^fgive light to ^gthose who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

to guide our feet into ^hthe way of ⁱpeace.”

1  ¹ Blessed are those whose ^kway is blameless,

who ^lwalk in the law of the Lord!

2  Blessed are those who ^mkeep his ⁿtestimonies,

who ^oseek him with their whole heart,

3  who also ^pdo no wrong,

but walk in his ways!

4  You have commanded your ^qprecepts

to be kept diligently.

5  Oh that my ways may ^rbe steadfast

in keeping your statutes!

6  ^sThen I shall not be put to shame,

having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.

7  I will praise you with an upright heart,

when I learn ^tyour righteous rules.²

8  I will keep your statutes;

^udo not utterly forsake me!