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 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.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
 * as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

The Song of Simeon  Nunc dimittis



Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, *
 * according to thy word;

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, *
 * which thou hast prepared before the face of all people,

To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, *
 * and to be the glory of thy people Israel.