Canon (hymnography) - Biblical Canticles

Biblical Canticles

The nine biblical canticles are:

1. The Ode of Moses in Exodus (Exodus 15:1-19)
2. The Ode of Moses in Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 32:1-43)
3. The Prayer of Anna the mother of Samuel the Prophet (1 Samuel 2:1-10)
4. The Prayer of Habakkuk the Prophet (Habakkuk 3:2-19)
5. The Prayer of Isaiah the Prophet (Isaiah 26:9-20)
6. The Prayer of Jonah the Prophet (Jonah 2:3-10)
7. The Prayer of the Three Holy Children (Daniel 3:26-56)*
8. The Song of the Three Holy Children (The Benedicite, Daniel 3:57-88)*
9. The Song of the Theotokos (The Magnificat, Luke 1:46-55) and the Prayer of Zacharias the father of the Forerunner (The Benedictus, Luke 1:68-79)

These biblical canticles are normally found in the back of the Psalter used by Orthodox churches, where they are often printed with markings to indicate where to begin inserting the irmos and troparia of the canons.