bor tibi_

A Psalm of Christ and His saints, giving praise for the Resurrection,
the hope of the conversion of the world, the Church's final
deliverance, and the "redemption of the body."

PSALM cxxxix. _Domine, probasti_

A Psalm of the creature to the Creator, celebrating His omnipresence,
His wisdom, His claim to love; praying for sincerity and the gift of
perseverance. It is appropriate to Christ in His sacred manhood, in
which He is "inferior to the Father" (Athanasian Creed); and therefore
also a Psalm of the Church in which the human body and soul are
regenerate and consecrated by the Incarnation.

PSALM cxl. _Eripe me, Domine_

A Psalm of Christ's warfare and Passion; pronouncing the overthrow and
judgment of the wicked, and the eternal continuance of His Church.

PSALM cxli. _Domine, clamavi_

A Psalm of the Church's devotion to Christ; her humility in accepting
rebuke and tribulation; her unceasing spirit of prayer.

PSALM cxlii. _Voce mea ad Dominum_

A Psalm of Christ's prayer to the Father in His {140} Passion and
Death, and His longing for the gathering together of His Church to
Himself as the fruit of His Resurrection.

PSALM cxliii. _Domine, exaudi_

Ash Wednesday, evening (Prayer Book)

A Psalm of prayer for those who suffer with Christ; of preparation for
death, and hope of the Resurrection, through the gift of the Holy
Spirit.

PSALM cxliv. _Benedictus Dominus_

A Psalm of the triumph of Christ (under the figure of David), and of
the eternal blessedness of His Church through Him.

PSALM cxlv. _Exaltabo te, Deus_

Whitsun Day, evening (Prayer Book)

A Psalm of the everlasting joy of the Church in Christ her King, in the
Holy Eucharist (ver. 7), in the Communion of Saints, and in the
certainty of the answer to prayer.

PSALM cxlvi. _Lauda, anima mea_

Like the preceding, a Psalm of the Church's thanksgiving for the
eternal sovereignty of Christ in its mercy and its judgment.

PSALM cxlvii. _Laudate Dominum_

The joy of the Church in her calling and preservation {141} by Christ,
in the Gospel committed to her trust, and in the truth that all things
temporal as well as eternal are hers in Christ, Who is Lord of all.

PSALM cxlviii. _Laudate Dominum_

The Church's call to the angels, to all the powers of nature, and to
all estates of men to give thanks to Christ, with her.

PSALM cxlix. _Cantate Domino_

A Psalm of the Communion of Saints,