Below is a listing of the canticles from the Old and New Testaments. As we publish notes on the translations of the texts they will also be listed from here. We have also included the canticle numbering from the Liturgia Horarum (LH#). After the Canticles are published we will update the titles with links to read them in the scriptorium, and many will also include a reflection on the translation process. If you are interested in our approach to translations you can read our translation guidelines.

The canticles will be translated first in the order in which we need them. While we are in process we will be jumping around these lists. If you have need for a specific canticle which is not yet translated let us know, and we will see what we can do.

You may also be interested in the List of Psalms

Old Testament

The Canticles from the Old Testament are placed within the major hour of Morning prayer (also known as Lauds).

Passage	LH #	Title (EN)	Title (FR)	Title (LAT)	Reflections
Exodus 15:1-4b, 8-13, 17-18	VT 1			Cantemus Domino
Deuteronomy 31:1-12	VT 2			Audite caeli
1 Samuel 2:1-10	VT 3			Exsultavit
1 Chronicles 29:10-13	VT 4			Benedictus es, Domine
Tobit 13:2-8	VT 5			Deus Castigans & Salvans
Tobit 13:9-11, 13-16	VT 6			Benedicite Dominum
Judith 16:2-3, 15-19	VT 7			Incipite Domino
Proverbs 9:1-6, 10-12	VT 8			Sapientia aedificavit
Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-6	VT 9			Iustorum animae
Wisdom of Solomon 3:7-9	VT 10			Fulgebunt iusti
Wisdom of Solomon 9:1-6, 9-11	VT 11			Deus patrum meorum
Wisdom of Solomon 10:17-21	VT 12			Reddidit Deus
Wisdom of Solomon 16:20-21, 26, 17:1	VT 13			Angelorum esca nutrivisti
Sirach 14:22, 15:2, 4, 6b	VT 14			Beatus vir, qui in sapientia
Sirach 31:8-11	VT 15			Beatus vir, qui inventus est
Sirach 36:1-7, 13-16	VT 16			Miserere nostri
Sirach 36:14-19	VT 17			Miserere plebi tuae
Sirach 39:17-21	VT 18			Obaudite me
Isaiah 2:2-5	VT 19			Erit in novissimis
Isaiah 5:1-7	VT 20			Cantabo dilecto meo
Isaiah 9:2-7	VT 21			Populus qui ambulabat
Isaiah 12:1-6	VT 22			Confitebor tibi
Isaiah 26:1-4, 7-9, 12	VT 23			Urbs fortitudinis
Isaiah 33:2-10	VT 24			Domine, miserere
Isaiah 33:13-16	VT 25			Audite, qui longe estis
Isaiah 38:10-14, 17-20	VT 26			Ego dixi
Isaiah 40:1-8	VT 27			Consolamini
Isaiah 40:9-11, 27-31	VT 28			Super montem excelsum ascende
Isaiah 40:10-17	VT 29			Ecce Dominus Deus
Isaiah 42:10-16	VT 30			Cantate Domino
Isaiah 45:14-26	VT 31			Vere tu es
Isaiah 49:7-13	VT 32			Haec dicit Dominus
Isaiah 61:1-11	VT 33			Spiritus Domini super me
Isaiah 61:6-9	VT 34			Vos sacerdotes Domini
Isaiah 61:10-62:5	VT 35			Gaudens gaudebo
Isaiah 62:1-12	VT 36			Propter Sion non tacebo
Isaiah 62:4-7	VT 37			Non vocaberis
Isaiah 63:1-5	VT 38			Quis est iste
Isaiah 66:10-14a	VT 39			Laetamini cum Jerusalem
Jeremiah 7:2-7	VT 40			Audite verbum … omnis Iuda
Jeremiah 14:17-21	VT 41			Deducant oculi mei
Jeremiah 17:7-8	VT 42			Benedictus vir
Jeremiah 31:10-14	VT 43			Audite verbum … gentes
Lamentations 5:1-7, 15-17, 19-20	VT 44			Recordare, Domine
Ezekiel 36:24-28	VT 45			Tollam quippe vos
Daniel 3:26, 27, 29, 34-41	VT 46			Benedictus … et laudabile
Daniel 3:52-57	VT 47			Benedictus … et laudabilis
Daniel 3:57-88, 56	VT 48			Benedictie, omnia opera
Obadah 6:1-6	VT 49			Venite, et revertamur
Amos 4:13, 5:8, 9:5-6	VT 50			Ecce formans montes
Jonah 2:3-10	VT 51			Clamavi de tribulatione
Habakkuk 3:2-4, 13a, 15-19	VT 52			Domine, audivi
Zephaniah 3:8-13	VT 53			Exspecta me

New Testament

The canticles from the New Testament are placed within the major hour of evening prayer (also known as Vespers).

The first three canticles (Magnificat anima mea, Benedictus Dominus, and Nunc Dumittis) are present within the offices of Morning (Lauds), Evening (Vespers), and Night (Complines) respectively. These three are thus elevated above all other canticles in that they are prayed every day and are not substituted or changed based on the schedule or propers.

Passage	LH #	Title (EN)	Title (FR)	Title (LAT)	Reflections
Luke 1:46-55	NT 1	My Soul Magnifies	Mon Âme Magnifie	Magnificat anima mea	Reflection
Luke 1:68-79	NT 2	Blessed is the Lord	Béni soit le Seigneur	Benedictus Dominus	Reflection
Luke 2:29-32	NT 3	Now, Go in Peace	Maintenant, Partez en Paix	Nunc Dimittis	Reflection
Matthew 5:3-10	NT 4			Beati pauperes spiritu
John 1:1, 3-4, 9-11, 14, 16	NT 5			In principio erat Verbum
Romans 8:14-17	NT 6			Quicum que enim Spiritus Dei
Romans 8:31-35, 37-39	NT 7			Quid ergo dicemus ad haec
Romans 11:33-36	NT 8			O altitudo divitiarum
1 Cor 13:1-7	NT 9			Si linguis hominum
Eph 1:3-10	NT 10	God the Savior	Dieu le Sauveur	De Deo Salvatore	Reflection
Phil 2:6-11	NT 11			Christus Jesus
Col 1:12-20	NT 12			Gratias adamus Deo
1 Timothy 2:5-6, 3:16, 6:15-16	NT 13			Unus enim Deus
1 Timothy 3:16	NT 14			Qui manifestatus est
2 Timothy 2:11-13	NT 15			Fidelis sermo
Titus 3:4-7	NT 16			Cum autem benignitas
1 Peter 1:3-9	NT 17			Benedictus Deus
1 Peter 2:21-24	NT 18			Christus passus est
Rev 4:11, 5:9-10, 12	NT 19			Dignus es, Domine
Rev 11:17-18, 12:10b-12a	NT 20			Gratias adimus tibi
Rev 15:3-4	NT 21	Great and Marvelous	Grandes et Merveilleuses	Magna et Mirabilia	Reflection
Rev 19:1-7	NT 22	Salvation, Glory, and Power	Le Salut, la Gloire et la Puissance	Alleluia, Salus et gloria	Reflection

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