El Niño: Magnificat Songtext

von John Adams

And Mary said:
My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God, my Savior.
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden:
For, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;
And holy is his name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
For he hath showed strength with his arm;
He hath scattered the proud.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats,
And exalted them of low degree.
He hath filled the hungry with good things;
And the rich he hath sent empty away.
He hath helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
As he spake to our fathers,
To Abraham, and to his seed for ever.