⁶⁸ “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,^(A)
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.^(B)
69 He has raised up a horn^[a](C) of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David^(D)
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),^(E)
71 salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us—
⁷² to show mercy to our ancestors^(F)
    and to remember his holy covenant,^(G)
73     the oath he swore to our father Abraham:^(H)
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him^(I) without fear^(J)
75     in holiness and righteousness^(K) before him all our days.

⁷⁶ And you, my child, will be called a prophet^(L) of the Most High;^(M)
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,^(N)
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,^(O)
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun^(P) will come to us from heaven
⁷⁹ to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,^(Q)
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”^(R)

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.
⁵ Every valley shall be filled in,
    every mountain and hill made low.
The crooked roads shall become straight,
    the rough ways smooth.
⁶ And all people will see God’s salvation.’”^[a](I)