LUKE 1:68-79
METER:  CM
SUGGESTED TUNES:  AZMON or ST. ANNE
This is the same meter as such hymns as "O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing" and "O God, Our Help in Ages Past"

1.  Blessed be the God of Israel,
    Who has redeemed his own.
    He raised a mighty savior up
    From out of David's house.
2.  He has fulfilled the prophets' word
    And saved us from our foes,
    As promised to our ancestors.
    His covenant he's kept,
3.  As pledged to father Abraham,
    To save us from our foes,
    That we might serve God without fear
    In just and holy ways.
4.  Child, you will speak for the Most High,
    To go and make a way,
    So that his folk salvation know
    And have their sins forgiv'n.
5.  By tender mercies of our God
    The dawn shall break on us,
    To give light to those in the dark,
    And guide us into peace.

Reprinted by permission of the publisher from Supplementary Volume to Sing the Psalms by Dale A. Schoening.  Copyright 1992 Dale A. Schoening.  Alt. 2006 Dale A. Schoening