Luke 1:68 (ASV)

Passage

Blessed [be] the Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,

Nearby Context

Luke 1:66 And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

Luke 1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

Luke 1:68 Blessed [be] the Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,

Luke 1:69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of his servant David

Luke 1:70 (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "lord", "israel", "hath", "visited", "wrought", "redemption", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 67's "And his father Zacharias was filled with..." into verse 69's "And hath raised up a horn of...", so "blessed" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "blessed" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.