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Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Μεγαλύνει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον
καὶ ἠγαλλίασεν τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ σωτῆρί μου,
ὅτι ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῆς δούλης αυτοῦ.
ἰδού γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μακαριοῦσίν με πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί,
ὅτι ἐποίησέν μοι μεγάλα ὁ δυνατός,
καὶ ἅγιον τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ,
καὶ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γενεὰς
τοῖς φοβουμένοῖς αυτόν.
Ἐποίησεν κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ,
διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν·
καθεῖλεν δυνάστας ἀπὸ θρόνων
καὶ ὕψωσεν ταπεινούς,
πεινῶντας ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν
καὶ πλουτοῦντας ἐξαπέστειλεν κενούς.
ἀντελάβετο Ἰσραὴλ παιδὸς αὐτοῦ,
μνησθῆναι ἐλέους,
καθὼς ἐλάλησεν πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν
τῷ Αβραὰμ καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

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  • Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , St. Luke's Gospel. ; composed by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir, Dalwyn Henshall.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts ; composed by Paul Patterson.
  • Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts ; composed by William Byrd, Thomas Tomkins.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts ; composed by Heinrich Schütz.
  • Also set in Latin, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Luke 1:46-55 ; composed by Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, Francesco Durante, Robert Fayrfax, Francesco Feo, Giorgio Gaslini, Hildegard von Bingen, Luca Marenzio, Richard Monk, John Nesbitt, Roxanna Panufnik, Arvo Pärt, Krzysztof Penderecki, Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Peter Schubert, Heinrich Schütz, John Kenneth Tavener, Ralph Vaughan Williams, José Carlos do Amaral Vieira Filho, Antonio Vivaldi, Jan Dismas Zelenka.

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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-15
Line count: 18
Word count: 102

My soul doth magnify the Lord
Language: English  after the Greek (Ελληνικά) 
My soul doth magnify the Lord:
and my spirit rejoiceth in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the lowliness of his hand-maiden.
For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me
and holy is his Name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him
throughout all generations.
He hath [showed]1 strength with his arm: 
he hath scattered the proud 
in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat:
and hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things:
and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy 
hath holpen his servant Israel
as he promised to our [forefather]2 Abraham and to his seed for ever.

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1 Tomkins: "shewed"
2 Tomkins: "father"

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Line count: 18
Word count: 130