St Luke i. 68.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: for he hath visited, and
redeemed his people;
And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us: in the house of
his servant David;
As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets: which have been
since the world began;
That we should be saved from our enemies: and from the hands of
all that hate us;
To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers: and to remember
his holy covenant;
To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham: that
he would give us;
That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies: might
serve him without fear;
In holiness and righteousness before him: all the days of our life.
And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: for
thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people: for the remission
of their sins;
Through the tender mercy of our God: whereby the day-spring from
on high hath visited us;
To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of
death: and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world
without end. Amen.
_Or this Psalm_,