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For the Hymn itself, I recommend the Douay-Rheims translation, which tracks closely the Greek and the Vulgate, and which preserves all of its startling imagery:
He hath raised up an horn of salvation to us. (v. 69)
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Anyone who prays the Divine Office will say the Benedictus each morning, as it is the closing hymn of Lauds (Morning Prayer). It’s also called “The Canticle of Zechariah,” the