1. Blest be God, the Lord of Israel;
he has come to set us free!
And a horn of full salvation
he has raised from David’s seed.
God has visited his people
to redeem them as foretold
in the promise he had spoken
thro’ his prophets from of old.

2. God has come in might to save us
from the hatred of our foes.
From their cruel hand he frees us,
and his tender mercy shows
mercy promised in his cov’nant
to our fathers whom he chose.
He will keep his oath to Abr’am
to release us from our woes.

3. God has sworn to grant deliv’rance
and restore us to our place:
serving boldly in his presence,
just and holy all our days.
You, my child, will be his Prophet,
called and sent by God Most High.
You must go before the Lord now
to prepare his ways aright.

4. Bring the knowledge of salvation
to God’s people in their sin.
Preach that God is tenderhearted,
and by him are sins forgiv’n.
His great mercy, like the sunrise,
brightly shines in deepest night,
guiding those who sit in darkness
to the way of peace and light.