Canticle of Anna

The Canticle of Anna, from 1 Samuel (I Kings) 2, is usually said on Wednesdays at Lauds in the Benedictine office,  but it is also used, arranged as below, as the second and third canticles for the feast of Christ the King.  

Canticum Annae 1 Reg 2: 1-5

Exsultávit cor meum in Dómino, * et exaltátum est cornu meum in Deo meo.	My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, * and my horn is exalted in my God:
Dilatátum est os meum super inimícos meos: * quia lætáta sum in salutári tuo.	My mouth is enlarged over my enemies: * because I have joyed in thy salvation.
Non est sanctus, ut est Dóminus: † neque enim est álius extra te, * et non est fortis sicut Deus noster.	There is none holy as the Lord is: for there is no other beside thee, * and there is none strong like our God.
Nolíte multiplicáre loqui sublímia, * gloriántes:	Do not multiply to speak lofty things, * boasting:
Recédant vétera de ore vestro: † quia Deus scientiárum, Dóminus est, * et ipsi præparántur cogitatiónes.	Let old matters depart from your mouth: for the Lord is a God of all knowledge, * and to him are thoughts prepared.
Arcus fórtium superátus est, * et infírmi accíncti sunt róbore.	The bow of the mighty is overcome, * and the weak are girt with strength.
Repléti prius, pro pánibus se locavérunt: * et famélici saturáti sunt.	They that were full before have hired out themselves for bread: * and the hungry are filled,
Donec stérilis péperit plúrimos: * et quæ multos habébat fílios, infirmáta est.	So that the barren hath borne many: * and she that had many children is weakened.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Canticum Annae 1 Reg 2: 6-10

Dóminus mortíficat et vivíficat, * dedúcit ad ínferos et redúcit.	The Lord killeth and maketh alive, * he bringeth down to hell and bringeth back again.
Dóminus páuperem facit et ditat, * humíliat et súblevat.	The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, * he humbleth and he exalteth.
Súscitat de púlvere egénum, * et de stércore élevat páuperem:	He raiseth up the needy from the dust, * and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill:
Ut sédeat cum princípibus, * et sólium glóriæ téneat.	That he may sit with princes, * and hold the throne of glory.
Dómini enim sunt cárdines terræ, * et pósuit super eos orbem.	For the poles of the earth are the Lord’s, * and upon them he hath set the world.
Pedes sanctórum suórum servábit, † et ímpii in ténebris conticéscent: * quia non in fortitúdine sua roborábitur vir.	He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness, * because no man shall prevail by his own strength.
Dóminum formidábunt adversárii eius: * et super ipsos in cælis tonábit:	The adversaries of the Lord shall fear him: * and upon them shall he thunder in the heavens.
Dóminus iudicábit fines terræ, † et dabit impérium regi suo, * et sublimábit cornu Christi sui.	The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth, and he shall give empire to his king, * and shall exalt the horn of his Christ.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Office canticles: Ecclesiasticus 31

The canticle below is the third in the Common of Confessors.

Canticum Ecclesiastici (31:8-11)

Beátus vir, qui invéntus est sine mácula,† et qui post aurum non ábiit,* nec sperávit in pecúnia et thesáuris.	Blessed is the man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, * nor put his trust in money nor in treasures.
Quis est hic, et laudábimus eum? * fecit enim mirabília in vita sua.	Who is he, and we will praise him? * for he hath done wonderful things in his life.
Qui probátus est in illo, et perféctus est, * erit illi glória ætérna:	Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, * he shall have glory everlasting.
Qui pótuit tránsgredi, et non est transgréssus; * fácere mala, et non fecit.	He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: * and could do evil things, and hath not done them.
Ideo stabilíta sunt bona illíus in Dómino, * et eleemósynas illíus enarrábit omnis ecclésia sanctórum.	Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, * and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Office canticles: Jeremiah 17

The second canticle for the Common of confessors is from Jeremiah, and has strong echoes of Psalm 1:

Canticum Ieremiae (17:7-8)

Benedíctus vir qui confídit in Dómino, * et erit Dóminus fidúcia eius.	Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, * and the Lord shall be his confidence.
Et erit quasi lignum quod transplantátur super aquas, † quod ad humórem mittit radíces suas, * et non timébit cum vénerit æstus.	And he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture: * and it shall not fear when the heat cometh.
Et erit fólium eius víride, † et in témpore siccitátis non erit sollícitum,* nec aliquándo désinet fácere fructum.	And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous, * neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Office canticles: Ecclesiasticus 14

The following canticle is the first of those used in the common of confessors.

Canticum Ecclesiastici (14:22; 15:3-4, 6)

Beátus vir qui in sapiéntia morábitur, † et qui in iustítia sua meditábitur,* et in sensu cogitábit circumspectiónem Dei.	Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice, * and in his mind shall think of the all-seeing eye of God.
Cibábit illum pane vitæ et intelléctus, * et aqua sapiéntiæ salutáris potábit illum:	With the bread of life and understanding, * she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink.
Et firmábitur in illo, et non flectétur: † et continébit illum, et non confundétur: * et exaltábit illum apud próximos suos.	And she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved: And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: * and she shall exalt him among his neighbours.
Et nómine ætérno hæreditábit illum * Dóminus Deus noster.	And shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name * the Lord our God.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Canticle of Jeremiah (7:2-7)

The canticle set out below is the third of those used for Matins in the Common for the Dedication of a Church.

Canticum Ieremiae (7:2-7)

Audíte verbum Dómini, omnis Iuda, * qui ingredímini per portas has, ut adorétis Dóminum.	‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Juda who enter these gates to worship the Lord!
Hæc dicit Dóminus exercítuum * Deus Israël:	Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:
Bonas fácite vias vestras et stúdia vestra: * et habitábo vobíscum in loco isto.	Reform your ways and your deeds, so that I may remain with you in this place.
Nolíte confídere in verbis mendácii, dicéntes: * Templum Dómini, templum Dómini, templum Dómini est.	Put not your trust in the deceitful words: This is the temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord!
Quóniam si bene direxéritis vias vestras, * et stúdia vestra:	Only if you thoroughly reform your ways and your deeds;
Si fecéritis iudícium inter virum et próximum eius, * ádvenæ et pupíllo et víduæ non fecéritis calúmniam,	If each of you deals justly with his neighbor; if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow;
Nec sánguinem innocéntem effudéritis in loco hoc * et post deos aliénos non ambulavéritis in malum vobismetípsis:	If you no longer shed innocent blood in this place, or follow strange gods to your own harm,
Habitábo vobíscum in loco isto: * in terra, quam dedi patribus vestris a sǽculo et usque in sǽculum.	Will I remain with you in this place, in the land which I gave your fathers long ago and forever.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Office canticles: Isaiah 2

The second canticle for the dedication of a church is from Isaiah 2:2-3.

Canticum Isaiae

Et erit in novíssimis diebus: præparátus mons domus Dómini *in vértice móntium,	And in the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains,
Et elevábitur super colles; * et fluent ad eum omnes gentes.	And it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.
Et ibunt pópuli multi, et dicent: * Veníte, et ascendámus ad montem Dómini, et ad domum Dei Iacob;	And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob,
Et docóbit nos vias suas, * et ambulábimus in sémitis eius:	And he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths:
Quia de Sion exíbit lex, * et verbum Dómini de Ierúsalem.	For the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Office canticles: Tobit 13: 10 - 17

The Canticle of Tobit set out below is used as the first of the third nocturn canticles in the Common of the Dedication of a Church.

Canticum Tobiae (13:10-17)

Benedícite Dóminum * omnes elécti eius: ágite dies lætítiæ, et confitémini illi.	Bless ye the Lord, all his elect, keep days of joy, and give glory to him.
Ierúsalem, cívitas Dei, *castigávit te Dóminus in opéribus mánuum tuárum.	Jerusalem, city of God, the Lord hath chastised thee for the works of thy hands.
Confitére Dómino in bonis tuis *et bénedic Deum sæculórum; ut reædíficet in te tabernáculum suum,	Give glory to the Lord for thy good things, and bless the God eternal, that he may rebuild his tabernacle in thee,
Et révocet ad te omnes captívos, *et gáudeas in ómnia sæcula sæculórum.	and may call back all the captives to thee, and thou mayst rejoice for ever and ever.
Luce spléndida fulgébis, * et omnes fines terræ ad orábunt te.	Thou shalt shine with a glorious light: and all the ends of the earth shall worship thee.
Natiónes ex longínquo ad te vénient, * et múnera deferéntes adorábunt in te Dóminum.	Nations from afar shall come to thee: and shall bring gifts, and shall adore the Lord in thee.
Et terram tuam in sanctificatiónem habébunt, * Nomen enim magnum invocábunt in te.	And they shall esteem thy land as holy. For they shall call upon the great name in thee.
Maledícti erunt qui contémpserint te, † et condemnáti erunt omnes qui blasphemáverint te: * benedíctique erunt qui ædificáverint te.	They shall be cursed that shall despise thee: and they shall be condemned that shall blaspheme thee: and blessed shall they be that shall build thee up.
Tu autem lætáberis in fíliis tuis, quóniam omnes benedicéntur * et congregabúntur ad Dóminum.	But thou shalt rejoice in thy children, because they shall all be blessed, and shall be gathered together to the Lord.
Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.	As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.