PSALM lxi. _Exaudi, Deus_

A prayer of the scattered Church, praying to be established on the rock
of Christ; her confession of faith in the eternal royalty of Christ.

PSALM lxii. _Nonne Deo?_

The Church's confidence in Christ her rock in contrast with the
falsehood of the world and the deceitfulness of riches; her faith in
the ultimate manifestation of the Divine justice.

PSALM lxiii. _Deus, Deus meus_

A prayer of the exiled Church; her joy in worship, and her confidence
in the sovereignty of Christ.

PSALM lxiv. _Exaudi, Deus_

A prayer of Christ in His Passion; the {121} prediction of the
overthrow of the Jewish nation, and the continual testimony of this
overthrow to the truth of Christ.

PSALM lxv. _Te decet hymnus_

The Church's hope of her heavenly inheritance in Christ, and of the
regeneration of the earth by the river of His spiritual gifts. The
Psalm seems to be a forecast of the joy and prosperity of "the new
heaven and the new earth."

PSALM lxvi. _Jubilate Deo_

Thanksgiving after a Storm at Sea (Prayer Book)

The thanksgiving of the Church in the conversion of the world; she
looks forward to the end of this world and her deliverance from its
sufferings, and contemplates her entrance into the eternal worship of
heaven.

PSALM lxvii. _Deus misereatur_

Alternative to Nunc Dimittis; Holy Matrimony (Prayer Book)

The joy of the Church in the conversion of the world to Christ; her
hope of God's blessing upon all her works.

PSALM lxviii. _Exurgat Deus_

Whitsun Day, morning (Prayer Book)

The triumphant procession-hymn of the Catholic {122} Church in her
progress through the world; rejoicing in the gifts of the ascended
Christ, and in the hope of the conversion of the heathen.

PSALM lxix. _Salvum me fac_

Matt. xxvii. 34; John ii. 17, xix. 28, 29; Rom. xv. 3. Good Friday,
evening (Prayer Book)

A Psalm of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ; a denunciation of
Divine vengeance upon the Jews; concluding with a prophecy of the
calling and continuance of the Church.

PSALM lxx. _Deus in adjutorium_

A Psalm similar in tone to the preceding; it may be applied to Christ
in His Passion, or to the faithful ones who suffer with Him, and look
to Him as Redeemer.

PSALM lxxi. _In te, Domine, speravi_

Visitation of the Sick (Prayer Book)

A Psalm of Christ sharing our human life with its vicissitudes and
troubles--born of Mary, increasing in wis