70. As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets,Who have been since the world began,
71. That we should be saved from our enemiesAnd from the hand of all who hate us,
72. To perform the mercy promised to our fathersAnd to remember His holy covenant,
73. The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
74. To grant us that we,Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,Might serve Him without fear,
75. In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
76. “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest;For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
77. To give knowledge of salvation to His peopleBy the remission of their sins,
78. Through the tender mercy of our God,With which the Dayspring from on high has visited us;