^{67 Ref} And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

^{68 Ref} Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

^{69 Ref} And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

^{70 Ref} As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

^{71 Ref} That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

^{72 Ref} To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

^{73 Ref} The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

^{74 Ref} That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

^{75 Ref} In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

^{76 Ref} 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;

^{77 Ref} To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

^{78 Ref} Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

^{79 Ref} To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

^{80 Ref} And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.