Luke 1:68 (DBY)

Passage

Blessed be [the] Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people,

Nearby Context

Luke 1:66 And all who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? And [the] Lord's hand was with him.

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

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

Luke 1:69 and raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of David his servant;

Luke 1:70 as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "lord", "israel", "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 Zacharias his father was filled with..." into verse 69's "and raised up a horn of deliverance...", 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.