Benedictus

Chant Psalter

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Blessed be the | Lord • God of | Isra•el ||

for he hath | visited • and re- | deemed his | people; ||

And hath raised up a | 3 mighty sal- | vation • for us ||

in the | 3 house of his | servant | David; ||

As he spake by the mouth of his | holy | Prophets ||

which have | been • since the | world be- | gan; ||

That we should be | saved • from our | ene•mies ||

and from the | hand of | all that | hate us: ||

To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, * and to remember his | holy | cove•nant; ||

To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather | Abra•ham that | he would | give us; ||

That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, * might | serve him with•out | fear; ||

In holiness and righteousness before him, | all the | 3 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 pre- | pare his | ways; ||

To give knowledge of salvation | 3 unto his | people ||

3 for | the re- | mission • of their | sins, ||

Through the tender | mercy • of our | God ||

whereby the | Day-spring • from on | high hath | visited • us; ||

To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the | 3 shadow of | death ||

and to guide our | feet in•to the | way of | peace. ||

Glory | be • to the | Father, ||

and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||

As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||

is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||