Benedictus Dominus Deus
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The God of Israel blessed be Who comes to set this people free, Who raises up with mighty sign a Savior born of David’s line. |
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Through holy prophets promised long, salvation comes to conquer wrong. Old enmities are overthrown as God in mercy calls us home. |
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In holy covenant, God swore to Abraham, our ancestor, that we from fear and falsehood raised might walk before God all our days. |
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And you, my child, are called this day a prophet to prepare the way, to speak salvation, and to bring God’s wayward people to their King. |
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In tender mercy, God of love, the dawn is breaking from above to shine on those in dark and death, to guide our feet in peace’s path. |
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| Text | Tim Hurd |
| Tune | Gonfalon Royal Percy C. Buck (1918); ad. A. Coles |
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, *
for he hath visited and redeemed his people;
And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us *
in the house of his servant David,
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, *
which have been since the world began:
That we should be saved from our enemies, *
and from the hand of all that hate us;
To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, *
and to remember his holy covenant;
To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham, *
that he would give us,
That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies *
might serve him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before him, *
all the days of our life.
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;
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people *
for the remission of their sins,
Through the tender mercy of our God, *
whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us;
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, *
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; *
he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior, *
born of the house of his servant David.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old, that he would save us from our enemies, *
from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers *
and to remember his holy covenant.
This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, *
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
Free to worship him without fear, *
holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.
You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, *
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
To give his people knowledge of salvation *
by the forgiveness of their sins.
In the tender compassion of our God *
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, *
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.