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68 "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people,
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68 "Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people.
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69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David His servant -
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69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
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70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old -
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70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
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71 Salvation FROM OUR ENEMIES, And FROM THE HAND OF ALL WHO HATE US;
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71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us--
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72 To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,
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72 to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,
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73 The oath which He swore to Abraham our father,
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73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
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74 To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear,
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74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear
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75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
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75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
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76 "And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High ; For you will go on BEFORE THE LORD TO PREPARE HIS WAYS ;
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76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
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77 To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins,
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77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
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78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,
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78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
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