Importance: 92%
The Big Idea
This one of the Canticles (Songs in the Bible) which is drawn from Luke 2:29-32 that was sung over Jesus by Simeon as He was being brought to the temple by Mary and Joseph.
Setting 1 & 2 Version, LSB p. 165, 182
- Modern wording with closing Gloria Patri
Setting 3 Version, LSB p. 199
- Older English wording with matching closing Gloria Patri
Setting 4 Version, LSB p. 211
- Extended two verse version. First verse is Song of Simeon. Second is longer Gloria Patri
Compline Version, LSB p. 258
- Addition of a very beautiful opening and closing Antiphon but no Gloria Patri.
Spoken Funeral Service Version , LSB p. 281
- Spoken words of Luke 2:29-32 powerfully sandwiched between repetitions of John 11:25-26
LSB Hymn 937
- 1919 versification of the Nunc Dimittis set to a 1948 American tune. Pulls in other related biblical imagery and Gloria Patri.
LSB Hymn 938
- Hymn based on the Nunc Dimittis written by Martin Luther.