Luke 1:54,72 - Compare All Versions

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He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful

to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant

He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy

to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant

He has helped his servant Israel and remembered to be merciful.

He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant

He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy

He has dealt mercifully with our ancestors  and remembered his holy covenant   

He hath holpen his servant Israel, In remembrance of his mercy

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant

He has helped His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers And to remember His holy covenant

And Mary said, I’m bursting with God-news; I’m dancing the song of my Savior God. God took one good look at me, and look what happened— I’m the most fortunate woman on earth! What God has done for me will never be forgotten, the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others. His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him. He bared his arm and showed his strength, scattered the bluffing braggarts. He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled victims out of the mud. The starving poor sat down to a banquet; the callous rich were left out in the cold. He embraced his chosen child, Israel; he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high. It’s exactly what he promised, beginning with Abraham and right up to now.

Then Zachariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he came and set his people free. He set the power of salvation in the center of our lives, and in the very house of David his servant, Just as he promised long ago through the preaching of his holy prophets: Deliverance from our enemies and every hateful hand; Mercy to our fathers, as he remembers to do what he said he’d do, What he swore to our father Abraham— a clean rescue from the enemy camp, So we can worship him without a care in the world, made holy before him as long as we live. And you, my child, “Prophet of the Highest,” will go ahead of the Master to prepare his ways, Present the offer of salvation to his people, the forgiveness of their sins. Through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God’s Sunrise will break in upon us, Shining on those in the darkness, those sitting in the shadow of death, Then showing us the way, one foot at a time, down the path of peace.

“He has given help to His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy

To show mercy to our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant

“He has helped His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy

To show mercy [as He promised] to our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant [the promised blessing]

He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy

He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant