Editing Canticle (section)

==Armenian Liturgy==
At Matins (or Midnight Hour; Armenian: Ի մէջ Գիշերի ''i mej gisheri''), one canticle from the Old Testament is sung, associated with a reading from the Psalter, followed by hymns according to tone, season, and feast. There are eight such canticles which are determined by the musical tone of the day. These are, along with their respective portions of the Psalter and their tones:

* Tone Eight &mdash; The (First) [[Song of the sea|Song of Moses]] ({{bibleverse||Exodus|15:1-19}})&mdash; Psalms 1-17
* Tone One &mdash; The (Second) [[Song of Moses]] ({{bibleverse||Deuteronomy|32:1-21}}) &mdash; Psalms 18-35
* Tone Two &mdash; The (Second) [[Song of Moses]] ({{bibleverse||Deuteronomy|32:22-28}}, {{bibleverse||Deuteronomy|32:39-43}}) &mdash; Psalms 36-54
* Tone Three &mdash; The [[Song of Hannah|Prayer of Hannah]] ({{bibleverse|1|Samuel|2:1-10}}) &mdash; Psalms 55-71
* Tone Four &mdash; The Prayer of [[Isaiah]] ({{bibleverse||Isaiah|26:9-20}}) &mdash; Psalms 72-88
* Tone Five &mdash; The Prayer of [[Hezekiah]] ({{bibleverse||Isaiah|38:10-20}}) &mdash; Psalms 89-105
* Tone Six &mdash; The Prayer of [[Jonah]] with material from Isaiah ({{bibleverse||Isaiah|42:10-13}}, {{bibleverse||Isaiah|45:6}}, {{bibleverse||Jonah|2:2-10}}) &mdash; Psalms 106-118
* Tone Seven &mdash; The Prayer of [[Habakkuk]] ({{bibleverse||Habakkuk|3:1-19}}) &mdash; Psalms 119-147
Note that Psalms 148-150 and Psalm 151 are not part of this system because they are read every day at the Morning Hour, following the canticles presented below.

At the Morning Hour (Armenian: Յառաւուտու Ժամ ''haṟavoutou zham''), corresponding to Lauds, the following canticles are fixed parts of the service each day:

* The Prayer of the [[Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego|Three Holy Children]] ([http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/text/azariah.html Daniel 3:26-88])
* The Song of the [[Theotokos]] (Magnificat: {{bibleverse||Luke|1:46-55}});
* The Song of [[Zechariah (priest)|Zacharias]] (the Benedictus {{bibleverse||Luke|1:68-79}})
* The Prayer of [[Simeon (Gospel of Luke)|Simeon]] (Nunc dimittis {{bibleverse||Luke|2:29-32}})

Following the Song of the Three Youths and the Prayer of Simeon there are sets of hymns as well as other texts which are proper to the commemoration of the day or of the liturgical season.

In the other hours, sections of these and other canticles are included in fixed material, consisting of amalgams of verse material from the Old Testament:
Ninth Hour: a citation of Daniel 3:35;
Peace Hour (after Vespers): {{bibleverse||Isaiah|8:9-10}}, {{bibleverse||Isaiah|9:26}};
Rest Hour (after the Peace Hour): Daniel 3:29-34, Luke 2:29-32, Luke 1:16-55.

This list does not take into account citations of these texts in the Divine Liturgy (Armenian: Պատարագ ''patarag'') or in the movable Old Testament verse material or in hymnody.