Luke 1:68
'Blessed [is] the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
In Context
67And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and did prophesy, saying,
69And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,
Cross References
Genesis 9:26And he saith: 'Blessed of Jehovah my God [is] Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.
Exodus 3:16'Go, and thou hast gathered the elders of Israel, and hast said unto them: Jehovah, God of your fathers, hath appeareth unto me, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I have certainly inspected you, and that which is done to you in Egypt;
1 Kings 1:48and also thus hath the king said, Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath given to-day [one] sitting on my throne, and mine eyes seeing.'
1 Chronicles 29:20And David saith to all the assembly, 'Bless, I pray you, Jehovah your God;' and all the assembly bless Jehovah, God of their fathers, and bow and do obeisance to Jehovah, and to the king.
Psalms 72:17His name is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they bless themselves in him, All nations do pronounce him happy.
Psalms 111:9Redemption He hath sent to His people, He hath appointed to the age His covenant, Holy and fearful [is] His name.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:68-80
The Song of Zacharias. 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his… Read the whole commentary →