A new setting of the song Zechariah sang to John the Baptist

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Once again I was trying to blend the old and the new, the ancient and the profound with the urban beats of the society around us. And once again I had a few problems getting the words to fit!

Blessed be the God of Israel.
Who has come to meet his people
To set them free

He has raised us up a Saviour
Born of David house and promised
By prophets words.

To save us from our enemies
From the hands of all who hate us
Showing mercy to our tribes.

To recall his sacred covenant
All God’s promises to Abraham
That he would set us free

Free to worship freed from fighting
Pure and sacred in his sight here
Every moment of our lives
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And you child, they’ll call prophet of the Most High.
For you go before to clear God’s way.
Giving knowledge of salvation,
People’s sins forgiven.

In the deep compassion of God,
Heaven’s dawn shall break and light our lives
Shining in the dark, deaths shadowlands
Pointing ways to peace.

Glory to the Father and Son
And to the Holy Spirit, Three in One
As it was in the beginning, now
And to endless future.

Glory to the Father and Son
And to the Holy Spirit, Three in One
As it was in the beginning, now
And to endless future.