^68 (C)“Blessed be the Lord ^(D)God of Israel,
    for he has ^(E)visited and ^(F)redeemed his people
⁶⁹ and ^(G)has raised up ^(H)a horn of salvation for us
    ^(I)in the house of his servant David,
^70 (J)as ^(K)he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
^71 (L)that we should be saved from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us;
^72 (M)to show the mercy promised to our fathers
    and ^(N)to remember his holy ^(O)covenant,
^73 (P)the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
⁷⁴     that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him ^(Q)without fear,
^{75     (R)}in holiness and righteousness before him ^(S)all our days.
⁷⁶ And you, child, will be called ^(T)the prophet of ^(U)the Most High;
    for ^(V)you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
⁷⁷ to give knowledge of salvation to his people
    ^(W)in the forgiveness of their sins,
⁷⁸ because of the ^(X)tender mercy of our God,
    whereby ^(Y)the sunrise shall ^(Z)visit us^{[a] (AA)}from on high
⁷⁹ to ^(AB)give light to ^(AC)those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into ^(AD)the way of ^(AE)peace.”

²⁴ “The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
    the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
²⁵ I will restore^[a] to you the years
    that ^(A)the swarming locust has eaten,
^(B)the hopper, ^(C)the destroyer, and ^(D)the cutter,
    ^(E)my great army, which I sent among you.

^26 (F)“You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
    and praise the name of the Lord your God,
    who has dealt wondrously with you.
And my people ^(G)shall never again be put to shame.

^8 (A)For I the Lord love justice;
    I hate robbery and wrong;^[a]
(B)I will faithfully give them their recompense,
    ^(C)and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
⁹ Their offspring shall be known among the nations,
    and their descendants in the midst of the peoples;
all who see them shall acknowledge them,
    that they are an offspring the Lord has blessed.

^10 (D)I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
    my soul shall exult in my God,
^(E)for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
    he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself ^(F)like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
    ^(G)and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹ For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
    and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up,
so the Lord God will cause ^(H)righteousness and praise
    to sprout up before all the nations.

⁴ Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
    like streams in the Negeb!
^5 (F)Those who sow in tears
    shall reap with shouts of joy!
⁶ He who goes out weeping,
    bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
    bringing his sheaves with him.