66. All those who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What kind of child will he be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.
67. His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
68. “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,for He has visited and redeemed His people,
69. and has raised up a horn of salvation for usin the house of His servant David,
70. as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets of long ago,
71. that we should be saved from our enemiesand from the hand of all who hate us,
72. to perform the mercy promised to our fathersand to remember His holy covenant,
73. the oath which He swore to our father Abraham,
74. to grant us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies,might serve Him without fear,
75. in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.