St George's Windsor Service: II. Benedictus

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 dayspring 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.