Morning Service in C, Op. 115, Pt. 1: 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 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.