TrueCovenanter.com: Magnificat: The Song of the Blessed Mary.


MY soul doth magnify the Lord,
	My spirit also evermore,
Rejoiceth in the Lord my God,
	Which is my Saviour.
And why? because he did regard,
	And gave respect unto,
So base estate of his handmaid,
	And let the mighty go.

For now behold the nations all,
	And generations all,
From this time forth for evermore
	Shall me right blessed call.
Because he hath me magnified
	Which is the Lord of might:
Whose name be ever sanctified,
	And praised day and night.

For with his mercy and his grace
	All men he doth enflame,
Throughout all generations,
	To such as fear his name.
He shewed strength with his great arm,
	And made the proud to start,
With all imaginations
	That they bare in their heart.

He hath put down the mighty ones
	From their supernal seat:
And did exalt the meek in heart,
	As he hath thought it meet.
The hungry he replenished
	With all things that were good:
And through his pow’r he made the rich
	Oft times to want their food.

And calling to remembrance
	His mercy every deal
Hath holpen up assistantly
	His servant Israel,
According to his promise made
	To Abraham before,
And to his seed successively,
	To stand for evermore.