And tell the towers thereof.
Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses:[7]
That ye may tell them that come after.
For this God is our God for ever and ever:
He shall be our guide unto death.
(xlviii.)
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In another Psalm, the 122nd, one of the pilgrim-psalms recited of old
as the faithful drew near to Jerusalem, we contemplate with joy and
self-forgetfulness the ideal unity of the Church as the true centre of
the earth, and as "the seat of judgment" to which all this world's
shams and shadows must come sooner or later for their reformation or
their sentence:
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
They shall prosper that love thee.
Peace be within thy walls:
And plenteousness within thy palaces.
For my brethren and companions' sakes:
I will wish thee prosperity.
Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God:
I will seek to do thee good.
It is an aspiration that should find an echo in the heart of every
faithful son of the Church, especially in such "a day of trouble and of
rebuke and blasphemy" as our own.
Thus while we recognise in the Psalter the expression, put into our
lips by the Holy Spirit, of our own personal struggles and joys and
sorrows in the spiritual life, while we remember with awe and gratitude
that the {100} Eternal Son of God Himself here speaks and prays and
suffers as one of us, we shall find here also the voice of our
corporate consciousness, our life and worship as citizens even on earth
of that "Jerusalem which is above, which is the mother of us all."
And so as we conclude every Psalm in the Church's service with the
_Gloria_, with that confession of our faith which prophets and kings
would fain have known and knew not, let us lift up our hearts and give
glory to the Father, Who has revealed to us His Name; glory to the Son,
Who has vouchsafed in all things to be made like unto us His brethren;
glory to the Holy Ghost, Whose word and power in the Church is undying,
Who is still bringing forth from the ancient treasury old things which
are ever new.
Gloria Patri, et Filio:
Et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper:
Et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.
[1] The princes of the people are gathered together,
To be the people of the God of Abraham.
(R.V.)
[2] vi., xxxii., xxxviii., li., cii., cxxx., cxliii.
[3] "Ingemuit totus orbis et se Arianum esse miratus est" (S. Jerome).
[4] Evelyn's Diary: Dec. 25, 1657.
[5] The earth which He hath established for ever (R.V.).
[6] Gibbon, _Decline and Fall_, c. xxiii.
[7] "Consider her palaces" (R.V.).
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NOTES
A. The extent to which the Psalms were used liturgically by the Jews
in Temple and Synagogue is not at all fully known. The following list
of uses is interesting in itself, but probably does not by any means
cover the whole field. And it seems certain, from the free and natural
way in which the Psalms are referred to in the New Testament, that,
even if a comparatively small number were used in the public services,
the Psalter must have been very familiar indeed to the pious Jew of our
Lord's time and have formed practically his book of private devotion.
DAILY IN THE TEMPLE (AND PROBABLY ELSEWHERE):
_First day_. Ps. xxiv. The earth is the Lord's, etc.
_Second day_. Ps. xlviii. Great is the Lord.
_Third day_. Ps. lxxxii. God standeth in the congregation.
_Fourth day_. Ps. xciv. O Lord God, to Whom vengeance belongeth.
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_Fifth day_. Ps. lxxxi. Sing we merrily unto God our strength.
_Sixth day_. Ps. xciii. The Lord is King.
_Sabbath day_. Ps. xcii. It is a good thing to give thanks.
THE PASSOVER, AND ON OTHER GREAT FESTIVALS. The Hallel, probably Pss.
cxiii.-cxviii.
FEAST OF TABERNACLES:
_First day_. Ps. cv. O give thanks.
_Second day_. Ps. xxix. Bring unto the Lord.
_Third day_. Ps. l. 16. But unto the ungodly said God.
_Fourth day_. Ps. xciv. 16. Who will rise up with me.
_Fifth day_. Ps. xciv. 8. Take heed, ye unwise.
_Sixth day_. Ps. lxxxi. 6. I eased his shoulder. Pss. cxx.-cxxxiv.
Songs of Degrees.
_Seventh day_. Ps. lxxxii. 5. They will not be learned.
NEW MOON OF SEVENTH OR SABBATICAL MONTH. Ps. lxxxi. Sing we merrily.
DEDICATION. The Hallel, as at the Passover.
PRESENTATION OF FIRST-FRUITS. Ps. cxxii. I was glad. Ps. xxx. I
will magnify Thee, O Lord.
B. The allusions to the singing of Psalms in the New Testament shew
that it was from the first a recognised Christian devotion, both in
public and private (Acts xvi. 25; 1 Cor. xiv. 26; Eph. v. 19; {103}
James v. 13). This is borne out by the evidence of the Christian
Fathers (see, for example, S. Athanasius' _Epistle to Marcellinus_; S.
Aug. _Confess._ ix. 8; S. Jerome, Ep. xlvi.). But it was no doubt the
rise of the monastic life in Egypt and its subsequent spread over the
whole Church in the fourth and fifth centuries that led by its
disciplined devotion to the systematic arrangement of the Psalter for
daily services and to its continuous recitation. Many of the early
monks, indeed, recited the whole Psalter daily; but the Western use,
settled traditionally by S. Gregory the Great, aimed at a weekly
recitation, and this system in theory dominated the Breviary services
all through the Middle Ages.
The normal arrangement of the Psalter in the daily offices was, roughly
speaking, as follows:
At _Mattins_, Ps. i.-cix., divided into nine "Nocturns," three of which
were said on Sunday, and one on each of the following week-days,
beginning each day with the 95th, the Invitatory Psalm.
At _Lauds_, Pss. lxiii., lxvii., cxlviii.-cl., with certain other
varying Psalms.
At _Prime_, always Ps. liv. and the first four portions of the 119th,
and one varying Psalm.
At _Terce_, the next six portions of the 119th.
At _Sext_, the next six portions of the 119th.
At _None_, the last six portions of the 119th.
At _Vespers_, Pss. cx.-cxlvii., divided into seven portions, omitting
the 119th.
At _Compline_, iv., xxxi. 1-6, xci., cxxxiv.
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Thus the bulk of the Psalms were said at the two offices which
corresponded most closely to our Morning and Evening Prayer; some few
were said daily, the 51st was said at every one of the offices, and the
others were said weekly.
But in practice a festival arrangement of the Psalms, in which a much
smaller number, and chiefly of the shorter Psalms, were recited, was
largely substituted for the normal or ferial use, thus justifying the
criticism of our Reformers, "Now of late time a few of them have been
daily said and the rest utterly omitted."
The following special uses are also interesting:
THE OFFICE OF THE DEAD:
_Vespers_ (the "Placebo"): cxvi., cxx., cxxi., cxxx., cxxxviii.
_Mattins_ (the "Dirge"): v., vi., vii.; xxiii., xxv., xxvii., xl.,
xli., xlii.
_Lauds_: li., lxv., lxiii., cxlviii.-cl., cxlv.
PREPARATION FOR MASS: lxxxiv., lxxxv., lxxxvi., cxvi. 10., cxxx., xliii.
THANKSGIVING AFTER MASS: cl.
C. Antiphons were originally verses sung as a refrain between each
verse of the Psalms, one side of the choir taking the former and the
other the latter. The refrain varied at different seasons and
festivals. An example of this early and more elaborate use survived in
the Breviary in the treatment of the Venite as an Invitatory Psalm.
But gradually, for the sake of brevity, this method {105} was
abandoned, and the normal use of antiphons in the Breviary was simply
after (or on festivals before and after) each Psalm or set of Psalms.
The advantage of the antiphon lay in the fact that it shewed at once
with what particular intention the Psalm was sung, as the same Psalm
naturally might be sung on many different occasions and with reference
to a different season or festival. But the very complex nature of the
antiphons or "anthems" led the English Reformers to abandon them
altogether; "many times," as they said, "there was more business to
find out what should be read, than to read it when it was found out."
The only traces of antiphons left in the Prayer Book are: (1) "O
Sapientia," in the Kalendar on December 16, the first words of the
first of the "Greater Antiphons" to the Magnificat, which began on that
day and continued till Christmas Eve, each commencing with some
striking Old Testament title of the Messiah; (2) in the Litany, the
repetition of the words, "O Lord, arise," etc., shews that this is the
antiphon to the Psalm "O God, we have heard" (perhaps originally the
whole of Ps. xliv., but now one verse only); (3) the words "O Saviour
of the world," etc., in the Office for the Visitation of the Sick. The
last is the best example: the antiphon connects the recitation of Ps.
lxxi. with the Passion of our Lord; the _intention_ of the Psalm is
thus shewn to be the association of our sufferings in sickness with
{106} the Cross of Christ (_cf._ the second exhortation in the same
office).
D. Helps to the study of the Psalter.
_Literal Meaning_:
Kirkpatrick, in the _Cambridge Bible_ (3 vols.). The Introduction is
extremely useful, and an excellent list of the literature bearing on
the Psalter is also given.
Perowne, _The Book of Psalms_.
Cheyne, _The Book of Psalms_.
Barry, _Teacher's Prayer Book_.
_Mystical and Spiritual Meaning_:
Neale and Littledale, _Commentary on the Psalms_ (4 vols.). This has a
very valuable Introduction on the Psalms as used in the offices of the
Church, and a dissertation (in vol. i.) on the mystical and literal
interpretation of the Psalms.
Walpole, _The People's Psalter_.
_General_:
Prothero, _The Psalms in Human Life_.
Marson, _The Psalms at Work_.
Church, _The Sacred Poetry of Early Religions_, in _The Gifts of
Civilisation_. _The Discipline of the Christian Character_, iii.
Robertson Smith, _The Old Testament in the Jewish Church_, lect. vii.
Orr, _The Problem of the Old Testament_, c. xii.
Alexander (Archbishop), _The Witness of the Psalms to Christ_.
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APPENDIX
_Brief Suggestions as to the Christian Use of each Psalm_
The following suggestions, which follow the lines of the preceding
lectures, do not claim any special authority, except in cases noted,
where the New Testament or the Church's actual use has appropriated a
Psalm to some particular Christian application.
PSALM i. _Beatus vir_
The Church's witness to the blessedness of the life of holiness, based
on obedience to the revealed Word of God (the great example of which is
the life of Christ Himself); with which is contrasted the eternal
failure of the ungodly.
PSALM ii. _Quare fremuerunt gentes?_
Acts iv. 25-28. Easter Day, morning (Prayer Book)
The futile warfare of the princes of this world against Christ and His
Church. The certainty {108} of Christ's victory and His universal
kingdom, as seen in His Resurrection and Ascension.
PSALM iii. _Domine, quid multiplicati?_
[Introit for Second Mass on Easter Day, in 1549 Prayer Book]
Christ's victory in His Resurrection over all His enemies; the
blessedness of His Church.
PSALM iv. _Cum invocarem_
The deliverance of Christ from the contradiction of sinners. The
Church's certainty of salvation in Christ, both in this life and in
that which is to come, contrasted with the doubts and uncertain riches
of the world.
[One of the Compline Psalms, in which the Christian commends himself to
sleep in Christ.]
PSALM v. _Verba mea auribus_
A Psalm illustrating the life of prayer, public and private; witnessing
to prayer and meditation as the source of inward strength and guidance,
both in the life of Christ and in that of His people, in the face of
this world's treachery and cruelty.
[One of the Psalms for the Dirge (whence it derives its name, ver. 8,
"Dirige"), referring to God's leading the departed soul through the
attacks of evil spirits to its rest in Him.]
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PSALM vi. _Domine, ne in furore_
Ash Wednesday, morning (Prayer Book)
The prayer of the human soul suffering the temporal punishments, bodily
and mental, of sin. Christ Himself endured these sufferings to the
utmost, not for Himself, but for His people, and in this sense it, with
the other penitential Psalms, may be called a Psalm of the Incarnation.
PSALM vii. _Domine, Deus meus_
The declaration of the Innocency of Christ against the persecution and
treachery of His enemies; His appeal to the Father's justice.
PSALM viii. _Domine, Dominus noster_
Heb. ii. Ascension Day, morning (Prayer Book)
The glory of God's Name (or revelation of Himself) in nature and in the
Incarnation. The triumph and universal empire of Christ as the Son of
Man, and the Second Adam.
PSALM ix. _Confitebor tibi_
Thanksgiving for the triumph of God's righteousness in Christ, which is
the pledge of the future destruction of all evil.
PSALM x. _Ut quid, Domine?_
Continues the thought of Ps. ix., and prays for the manifestation of
God's righteousness in Christ, {110} in view of the continuance of
evil, the apparent immunity of the wicked, and their unceasing warfare
against the Church.
PSALM xi. _In Domino confido_
A Psalm of the Passion of Christ; His faith in the Father's
righteousness, and in the ultimate overthrow of the wicked.
PSALM xii. _Salvum me fac_
A prayer of Christ and His Church against the evil tongues of the
wicked; with these are contrasted the purity and certainty of the
Divine revelation, "the words of the Lord."
PSALM xiii. _Usque quo, Domine?_
A prayer of Christ and His faithful ones in view of the approach of
death.
PSALM xiv. _Dixit insipiens_
Rom. ii. 10-18
The judgment of the world's unbelief, contrasted with the Church's
faith, and her hope in the coming of Christ.
PSALM xv. _Domine, quis habitabit?_
Ascension Day, morning (Prayer Book)
The human perfections of Christ, enthroned in heaven as the Son of Man.
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Also a picture of the saintly life, in union with Christ, Who is God's
tabernacle among men (Rev. xxi. 3).
PSALM xvi. _Conserva me, Domine_
Acts ii. 25-28. [Introit for Easter Day, Prayer Book of 1549]
Christ's devotion to the Father; His preservation through death and the
grave; His Resurrection and eternal joy at the right hand of the Father.
PSALM xvii. _Exaudi, Domine_
A prayer of Christ and His Church against the temptations of the world,
in view of the hope of the Resurrection and the Life everlasting.
PSALM xviii. _Diligam te, Domine_
The triumph of Christ (under the figure of David); His universal empire.
PSALM xix. _Coeli enanant_
Rom. x. 18. Christmas Day, morning (Prayer Book)
The Church's thanksgiving for God's Word in Nature, in the Incarnation,
in the Bible; and her prayer for faithfulness.
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PSALM xx. _Exaudiat te Dominus_
King's Accession (Prayer Book)
The Church's witness to Christ her King as He goes forth to battle in
the power of His finished sacrifice. Suitable also as a prayer for a
Christian ruler, whose strength is in Christ.
PSALM xxi. _Domine, in virtute tua_
Ascension Day, morning (Prayer Book)
The Church's joy in the triumph of Christ; in the Father's answer to
His prayer, and in His glorious coronation as the Son of Man.
PSALM xxii. _Deus, Deus meus_
Matt. xxvii. 35-46 (with parallels in other Evangelists), Heb. ii. 12.
Good Friday, morning (Prayer Book)
Christ's prayer in His Passion and Crucifixion; His prophecy of the
calling of His Church, and of the Eucharist. (See above, pp. 77, 78.)
PSALM xxiii. _Dominus regit me_
John x. 1-16, 26-29
The Church's confession of faith in Christ the Good Shepherd, and in
His sacramental gifts.
PSALM xxiv. _Domini est terra_
Ascension Day, evening (Prayer Book)
The joy of the Church and of the angels in the Ascension of Christ, the
King of Glory.
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PSALM xxv. _Ad te, Domine, levavi_
A confession of faith in the Name of God; the Church's prayer for
deliverance from temptation and adversity.
PSALM xxvi. _Judica me, Domine_
A prayer of Christ as He approaches His Passion; and of the Christian
priest when about to offer the Holy Eucharist.
PSALM xxvii. _Dominus illuminatio_
The hope of Christ and His Church in the Fatherhood of God; a prophecy
of the Resurrection and the Holy Eucharist (vv. 6, 7).
PSALM xxviii. _Ad te, Domine_
The prayer of Christ for deliverance from His enemies; and for His
Church (ver. 10).
PSALM xxix. _Afferte Domino_
The Church's thanksgiving for the sovereignty of Christ over all the
powers of nature, and over His Church.
PSALM xxx. _Exaltabo te, Domine_
A thanksgiving of Christ and His Church for the Resurrection.
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PSALM xxxi. _In te, Domine, speravi_
S. Luke xxiii. 46
Christ's prayer in His Passion and Crucifixion; His exhortation to His
Church (vv. 26, 27).
PSALM xxxii. _Beati, quorum_
Rom. iv. 6-8. Ash Wednesday, morning (Prayer Book)
The Church's confession of sin, and the blessedness of forgiveness
through faith in Christ. (See on Ps. vi.)
PSALM xxxiii. _Exultate, justi_
The Church's thanksgiving for creation and redemption, and for her own
exceeding blessedness in being called to be the people of the Lord.
PSALM xxxiv. _Benedicam Domino_
A thanksgiving of Christ for His Resurrection. His call to His Church
to obedience, to holiness, to courage.
PSALM xxxv. _Judica, Domine_
A prayer of Christ against the persecution and false witness of His
enemies, and on behalf of those who love Him.
PSALM xxxvi. _Dixit infustus_
The Church's witness to the awfulness of sin; {115} her confession of
hope in the blessedness of the life eternal in contrast with the doom
of the ungodly.
PSALM xxxvii. _Noli cemulari_
A Psalm of a proverbial character; the testimony of the Church's
experience of the justice of God, in spite of the apparent prosperity
of the wicked: it expresses the _restfulness_ of the life of faith.
_Cf._ ver. ii with Matt. v. 5.
PSALM xxxviii. _Domine, ne in furore_
Ash Wednesday, morning (Prayer Book)
A Psalm of Christ bearing in loneliness and silence the burden of human
sin, confessing it on man's behalf to the Father, and praying for our
salvation.
PSALM xxxix. _Dixi, custodiam_
Burial of the Dead (Prayer Book)
Continues in some respects the tone of the previous Psalm. It may be
regarded as a Psalm of Christ bearing the sorrow of man's mortality,
and interceding on man's behalf with the Father.
PSALM xl. _Expectans expectavi_
Heb. x. 5-10. Good Friday, morning (Prayer Book)
A Psalm of Christ's Incarnation, Passion, Sin-bearing, and
Resurrection; it expresses the {116} secret of His Atonement (see
above, pp. 61, 62) and His fulfilment of O.T. prophecy (ver. 10).
PSALM xli. _Beatus qui intelligit_
John xiii. 18
A Psalm of Christ's compassion; and of the treachery of His enemies,
especially of Judas.
PSALM xlii. _Quemadmodum_
[Introit for Burial of the Dead, Prayer Book of 1549]
A Psalm of Christ's human soul in His earthly pilgrimage, and in the
prospect of death; His desire to return to the Father. Hence also
suitable for the Christian soul in sickness and dying.
PSALM xliii. _Judica me, Deus_
A continuation of the previous Psalm. Christ speaks in it to the
Father as He approaches His Passion, and contemplates with joy the
sacrifice He is about to offer for man. Hence this Psalm has long been
used in the Church as the immediate preparation of the Priest for
offering the Holy Eucharist.
PSALM xliv. _Deus, auribus_
Rom. viii. 36
The appeal of the suffering and persecuted {117} Church to Christ; her
confession of faithfulness to that which He has entrusted to her
keeping.
PSALM xlv. _Enructavit cor meum_
Heb. i. Christmas Day, morning (Prayer Book)
The Church celebrates the Incarnation under the figure of a royal
marriage. The bridegroom is Christ Himself, described in vv. 3-9; the
bride, the King's daughter, is the Church destined to spread into all
lands. The "daughter of Tyre" is symbolical of the heathen world
coming to Christ. The "queen" (or queen-mother) of ver. 10 has often
been interpreted of the Blessed Virgin.
PSALM xlvi. _Deus nosier refugium_
A Psalm of the Church's confidence: she is conscious of the presence of
Christ and the Holy Spirit (ver. 4, R.V.) within her; and confesses
that this is her eternal strength amidst the warfare and tumult of the
world.
PSALM xlvii. _Omnes gentes, plaudite_
Ascension Day, morning (Prayer Book)
The joy of the Church in the glorious Ascension of Christ; and in His
universal sovereignty, which all the world will ultimately acknowledge.
PSALM xlviii. _Magnus Dominus_
Whitsun Day, morning (Prayer Book)
The joy of the Church in her ideal beauty and {118} her steadfastness;
and her sure hope of ultimate victory over all the powers of this world.
[The Psalm should be compared both with the promise of Christ in Matt.
xvi. 18 and the picture of the perfected Church in Rev. xxi., xxii.]
PSALM xlix. _Audite haec, omnes_
The Church's meditation upon the vanity of human riches and greatness
in view of death; the need of man's redemption through Christ alone
(vv. 7, 8); the certainty of the resurrection of the faithful through
the Resurrection of Christ.
PSALM 1. _Deus deorum_
The second advent of Christ as the final Judge of the world, and
especially of His Church.
PSALM li. _Miserere mei, Deus_
Ash Wednesday (Commination Service)
The Church's confession of sin, and of failure to fulfil her great
vocation in the world; her prayer to Christ for forgiveness and
restoration. (See on Ps. vi.)
PSALM lii. _Quid gloriaris?_
The Church's challenge to "the prince of this world" and to Antichrist;
and the confession of her own eternal hope in Christ.
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PSALM liii. _Dixit insipiens_
See on Ps. xiv.
PSALM liv. _Deus, in nomine_
Good Friday, morning (Prayer Book)
A prayer of Christ in His Passion, and His self-consecration to the
Father.
PSALM lv. _Exaudi, Deus_
A prayer of Christ in His loneliness and desolation, amidst the
treachery of His enemies and especially of His false disciple.
PSALM lvi. _Miserere mei, Deus_
Christ's complaint to the Father against the contradiction of sinners;
His confidence in the Father's word, and His sure hope in His
Resurrection.
PSALM lvii. _Miserere mei, Deus_
Easter Day, morning (Prayer Book)
The Psalm of Christ "glorified" through His Passion and Resurrection.
PSALM lviii. _Si vere utique_
Christ's judgment upon sinners; the vindication of Divine justice.
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PSALM lix. _Eripe me de inimicis_
A prayer of Christ in His Passion against the malice of His enemies;
His denunciation of their impenitence; His hope of the Resurrection and
the final vindication of Divine justice.
PSALM lx. _Deus, repulisti nos_
A prayer of the scattered and persecuted Church, and the answer of the
triumphant Christ (under the figure of David's victories).
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 wisdom and stature, suffering
persecution, proclaiming the Gospel, dying, and rising "from the deep
of the earth again" (ver. 18). Consequently it is a Psalm of the
saintly life in its conformity to Christ,
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PSALM lxxii. _Deus, indicium_
Matt. ii. 1-11
The Church's joy in Christ, as the Son of David and the King of
humanity. The peace and justice of His Kingdom are described, its
universality and eternity.
PSALM lxxiii. _Quam bonus Israel!_
A Psalm of the inward struggle and victory of _faith_. Christ Himself
may be heard speaking in it, as He is "the author and finisher of our
faith," and in His human soul fought for us the battle of faith. So
the Psalm becomes the Church's testimony to the individual believer of
that ultimate answer to the trials of faith which is found in union
with God through Christ.
PSALM lxxiv. _Ut quid, Deus?_
A Psalm of the Church, persecuted and despoiled, appealing to the
eternal sovereignty of Christ over nature and man, as it has been
revealed in all the history of the Church, both under the old covenant
and the new.
PSALM lxxv. _Confitebimur tibi_
A dialogue, as it were, between Christ and His Church. He asserts His
sovereignty over the world, His justice, and its ultimate vindication.
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PSALM lxxvi. _Notus in Judaea_
A Psalm of the victory of Christ; of "the wrath of the Lamb," and the
final judgment of the world.
PSALM lxxvii. _Voce mea ad Dominum_
Like Ps. lxxiii., a Psalm of the struggles of faith. The thought of
God's past work in His Church as revealed in history, and of His
eternal years, is the Church's consolation when He seems to hide His
face.
PSALM lxxviii. _Attendite, popule_
Matt. xiii. 35; _cf._ xxiii. 37
The voice of Christ recounting the history of His Church, His patience
and mercy with backslidings, His many deliverances; ending with His own
Incarnation and personal rule of His Church, under the figure of
David's call to the throne.
PSALM lxxix. _Deus, venerunt_
A prayer of the Church, especially of the martyrs and confessors, in
time of persecution and bloodshed.
PSALM lxxx. _Qui regis Israel_
A prayer of the Church when the light of God's presence waxes dim, when
Christ's vineyard is broken into by secular oppression. The Church
{125} prays that Christ's power may again be made known (ver. 17) and
that she herself may be converted.
PSALM lxxxi. _Exultate Deo_
The Church's joy in her past deliverances; the warning voice of Christ
(ver. 6 onwards) shewing that the Church's own failures in loyalty are
the cause of her oppressions. Greater faithfulness would have brought
deliverance, and greater joy in Christ's sacramental gifts (ver. 17).
PSALM lxxxii. _Deus stetit_
John x. 34-6
The voice of Christ bearing witness to the ideal greatness of man, and
to man's failure in his responsibility as God's vicegerent in the
world, especially in the administration of justice. He Himself is set
forth as the true and perfect Judge of the world.
PSALM lxxxiii. _Deus, quis similis?_
A prayer of the Church against the confederacy of her enemies. She
prays that their defeat may lead to their conversion to Christ.
PSALM lxxxiv. _Quam dilecta!_
A Psalm of the Church in her pilgrimage through this world. She
expresses especially her joy in {126} public worship, the comfort which
the hope of the heavenly worship brings amidst human sorrows, and her
eternal hope in Christ.
PSALM lxxxv. _Benedixisti, Domine_
Christmas Day, morning (Prayer Book)
A Psalm of the Church's joy in the Incarnation, as the proof of
forgiveness for the past, and the beginning of a new and better world.
PSALM lxxxvi. _Inclina, Domine_
A Psalm of Christ and of the Christian soul, renewing the dedication of
self to God, praying for strength against the trials of the world, and
for the manifestation to the world of God's presence with those who
love Him.
PSALM lxxxvli. _Fundamenta ejus_
A Psalm describing the catholicity of the Church, and the new birth of
Baptism whereby members of all nations become her citizens and find in
her the source of all joy and refreshment.
PSALM lxxxviii. _Domine Deus_
Good Friday, evening (Prayer Book)
A Psalm of Christ's desolation, the darkness on the Cross, His death
and burial and descent into hell.
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PSALM lxxxix. _Misericordias Domini_
Christmas Day, evening (Prayer Book)
The Church's praise for the promises of the Incarnation, and their
fulfilment in the line of David. The certainty of the eternal reign of
Christ and the preservation of His Church. At ver. 37 the tone changes
to prayer respecting the present eclipse of Christ's glory, and the
failures of His Church. The Psalm ends, as it were, with the appeal of
Christ Himself to the Father (49-50) for His suffering Church.
PSALM xc. _Domine, refugium_
Burial of the Dead (Prayer Book)
The Psalm of the Church's hope in the eternity of God, and the
unfailing nature of His purpose to restore man in Christ, in contrast
with man's mortality, his short life and earthly failure.
PSALM xci. _Qui habitat_
A Psalm of the trust of Christ and of the Christian soul in the
providence of God, in the continual ministry of the angels, and in the
final discomfiture of the powers of evil.
PSALM xcii. _Bonum est confiteri_
A thanksgiving of Christ for His Resurrection and for the eternal hope
of His Church.
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PSALM xciii. _Dominus regnavit_
A Psalm of the sovereignty of the ascended Christ; His supremacy over
nature and the storms of this world.
PSALM xciv. _Deus ultionum_
A prayer of the Church for the second coming of Christ, and the
manifestation of the Divine justice; ending (ver. 12, etc.) with the
expression of the Church's patience, her acceptance of tribulation, and
her sure confidence in the coming of Christ.
PSALM xcv. _Venite, exultemus_
Heb. iii. 7-iv. 11. Morning Prayer, daily (Prayer Book)
The Church's prelude to worship: the expression of her joy and trust in
God's creation and preservation; her daily warning against failure
through unbelief (like Israel of old) to enter into God's rest.
PSALM xcvi. _Cantate Domino_
The Church's outburst of joy in the universal sovereignty of Christ.
She calls to the heathen world to acknowledge Him, and looks forward
with rapture to His second Advent.
PSALM xcvii. _Dominus regnavit_
The Church's declaration to the world of the sovereignty of Christ, and
of His second Advent. {129} She reminds herself of the moral fruits of
Christ's kingdom, and of the Christian joy which springs from His
service.
PSALM xcviii. _Cantate Domino_
Alternative to Magnificat (Prayer Book)
The triumph song of the Church in the redeeming work of Christ, in
which she calls all nature and the heathen world to join.
PSALM xcix. _Dominus regnavit_
Again, a Psalm of the sovereignty of Christ. The Church sings of the
essential holiness of His kingdom, of His mercy and His chastisements,
and calls on the world to worship Him.
PSALM c. _Jubilate Deo_
Alternative to Benedictus (Prayer Book)
The Church's triumphant call to all the world to worship with her; she
confesses her dependence on Christ, and the unfailing truth of His
Gospel.
PSALM ci. _Misericordiam et judicium_
King's Accession (Prayer Book)
A Psalm of the Church testifying her desire and endeavour to imitate
both the mercy and the justice of Christ, and to exercise just
discipline over her members, remembering the judgment-seat of {130}
Christ. A Psalm also appropriate to a Christian ruler, as the minister
of Christ.
PSALM cii. _Domine exaudi_
Heb. i. 10-12. Ash Wednesday, evening (Prayer Book)
This may be regarded in part as appropriate to our Lord weeping over
Jerusalem; in a wider sense it is a Psalm of the faithful sorrowing
over the decay of the Church, offering their penitence, looking forward
to restoration, and trusting in the changelessness of Christ, Who
remains the same though earth and heaven pass away, and has promised
the like continuance to His Church.
PSALM ciii. _Benedic, anima mea_
A Psalm of the Church's thanksgiving for God's forgiveness in Christ,
for His love in the past and the certainty of its continuance in the
future. Angels and saints and the powers of nature are summoned to
join in this thanksgiving.
PSALM civ. _Benedic, anima mea_
Whitsun Day, evening (Prayer Book)
The Church's witness to the immanence of the Word in all creation; she
recognises this in the beauty, the order, the preservation of all forms
of varied life. Especially in the renewal of natural life (vv. 30-5)
she recognises and praises {131} the life-giving activity of the Holy
Spirit, and sees in it a prophecy of the restoration of all things in
the Resurrection to their first perfection, and the final overthrow of
evil.
PSALM cv. _Confitemini Domino_
A Psalm of the Church's thanksgiving as she reviews her history and the
providence which has preserved her in all vicissitudes, and considers
the eternal inheritance which is the reward of obedience.
PSALM cvi. _Confitemini Domino_
Also an historical Psalm, in which the Church in time of exile and
persecution recalls God's providence, and her many failures; she places
her trust in the intercession of Christ, of Whom Moses was a type, and
prays for her restoration.
PSALM cvii. _Confitemini Domino_
Thanksgiving after a Storm at Sea (Prayer Book)
The Church celebrates the age-long compassion of God towards the
wanderer, the prisoner, the sufferer, as seen in the salvation of His
Church, and in the Incarnation of the Word (ver. 20). The refrain (vv.
8, 15, 21, 31) exhorts to thanksgiving, and especially to the offering
of the Holy Eucharist (ver. 22).
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PSALM cviii. _Paratum cor meum_
Ascension Day, evening (Prayer Book)
A Psalm of Christ glorified in His Resurrection, praying for His Church
and foretelling His future victories (under the figure of David's
wars). The last three verses seem to be the prayer of the Church and
the voice of her confidence of ultimate triumph in Christ.
PSALM cix. _Deus laudem_
Acts i. 20
A Psalm of Christ's judgment upon impenitent sinners; His prayer for
Himself in His Passion, and for His Church in whose sufferings at the
hands of sinners He Himself is crucified afresh.
PSALM cx. _Dixit Dominus_
Matt. xxii. 41-5 (parallels in Mark and Luke); Acts ii. 34, 35; Heb. i.
13, v. 6-vii. Christmas Day, evening (Prayer Book)
The Church's witness to the Divinity of Christ, to His eternal
Priesthood, His warfare, sufferings, and victory.
PSALM cxi. _Confitebor tibi_
Easter Day, morning (Prayer Book)
A Psalm of Christ praising the Father for His Resurrection; in which
His Church also joins, commemorating the Eucharist (ver. 5), the new
and {133} eternal covenant, and the sacredness of the truth committed
to her keeping.
PSALM cxii. _Beatus vir_
The Church's testimony to the blessedness of the life of faith, hope,
and charity, of which she has seen the perfect example in Christ
Himself.
PSALM cxiii. _Laudate, pueri_
Easter Day, evening (Prayer Book)
The world-wide joy of the Church in the Catholic faith of the
Incarnation, by which man is exalted from the dust of Adam's fall, and
is no longer "subject to vanity," but made equal to the angels.
PSALM cxiv. _In exitu Israel_
Easter Day, evening (Prayer Book)
The Church's song of deliverance through the mighty power of the
Resurrection. A Psalm also of the Christian soul delivered from the
Egypt of this world, and crossing the Jordan of death to the joy of the
heavenly Canaan.
PSALM cxv. _Non nobis, Domine_
A continuation of the previous Psalm: the Church's joy in the living
God, in Whom she hopes for life eternal; she calls upon priests and
people alike to praise Him.
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PSALM cxvi. _Dilexi, quoniam_
Churching of Women (Prayer Book)
A thanksgiving of Christ and His Church for the Resurrection; with
reference especially to the offering of the Eucharist, and the joy of
Holy Communion, and also to the final rest and thanksgiving of the
saints in Paradise.
PSALM cxvii. _Laudate Dominum_
The Church's call to the heathen world to praise God by conversion to
the faith of Christ.
PSALM cxviii. _Confitemini Domino_
Matt. xxi. 9, 42, xxiii. 39 (with parallels in Mark and Luke). Easter
Day, evening (Prayer Book)
The great Psalm of thanksgiving by Christ and His Church for the
Resurrection, the victory over death and the judgment of the prince of
this world. A Psalm especially appropriate for Sunday, and as a
prelude to the Church's worship in the Holy Eucharist.
[It is the special Psalm for Sunday at Prime in the Breviary.]
PSALM cxix. _Beati immaculati_
The characteristic Psalm of the Catholic Church, in which she expresses
her loyalty to and joy in {135} all that God has revealed and
commanded. It is animated throughout by the spirit of _sonship_, of
which the perfect realisation is seen in Christ Himself. It may
therefore be regarded as a Psalm of Christ, with Whom the Church
associates herself in its recitation.
PSALM cxx. _Ad Dominum_
A Psalm of the pilgrim Church praying for peace and deliverance from
the ceaseless and bitter warfare of this world.
PSALM cxxi. _Levavi oculos_
Accession Service (Prayer Book)
A Psalm of the Church's pilgrimage through this world's perils, as she
journeys towards the eternal hills and the city of God.
PSALM cxxii. _Laetatus sum_
The joy of the Christian soul in the Catholic Church and in Catholic
worship. The hope of the Church in her pilgrimage towards the heavenly
Jerusalem and the throne of Christ.
PSALM cxxiii. _Ad te levavi oculos meos_
A Psalm of the pilgrim Church amidst this world's scorn and contempt,
expressing her absolute dependence upon Christ.
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PSALM cxxiv. _Nisi quid Dominus_
Part of the Hymn of Thanksgiving for a Victory at Sea (Prayer Book)
A Psalm of the pilgrim Church's deliverance from the storms and waves
of this troublesome world; her unshaken confidence in Christ.
PSALM cxxv. _Qui confidunt_
The confidence of the pilgrim Church in the unceasing protection of
Christ against the attacks of an evil world, and the apostasy of false
Christians.
PSALM cxxvi. _In convertendo_
The joy of the pilgrim Church in her great deliverance from the
captivity of this world; her hope that through tribulation she will be
made perfect.
PSALM cxxvii. _Nisi Dominus_
Churching of Women (Prayer Book)
A Psalm of the pilgrim Church confessing that her progress and her
enlargement cannot be the fruit of human care and labour, but of the
grace of Christ only.
PSALM cxxviii. _Beati omnes_
Holy Matrimony (Prayer Book)
A Psalm of the pilgrim Church celebrating the consecration of human
life and labour through the Incarnation.
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PSALM cxxix. _Saepe expugnaverunt_
A Psalm of the warfare and persecutions of the pilgrim Church, and of
the vanity and fruitlessness of the attacks of her enemies.
PSALM cxxx. _De profundis_
Ash Wednesday, evening (Prayer Book)
A Psalm of the sorrows, the ceaseless watching, and the undying hope of
the pilgrim Church. Especially appropriate to the souls of departed
Christians, the Church Expectant, who wait for the second Advent.
PSALM cxxxi. _Domine, non est_
A Psalm of the pilgrim Church expressing her humility, her submission
to revelation, her unceasing trust in Christ.
PSALM cxxxii. _Memento, Domine_
Christmas Day, evening (Prayer Book)
A Psalm in which the pilgrim Church joyfully commemorates before God
the Incarnation of His Son, and His age-long indwelling within her; and
His gift in the Eucharist (ver. 16); and expresses her faith in the
eternal sovereignty of Christ.
PSALM cxxxiii. _Ecce, quam bonum!_
A Psalm in which the pilgrim Church expresses her joy in her essential
unity, the gift of the unction {138} of the Holy Spirit poured upon her
from the ascended Christ.
PSALM cxxxiv. _Ecce nunc_
A Psalm of the pilgrim Church as she contemplates her entry into the
eternal sanctuary, the heavenly city of Christ, and the fellowship of
the angels in their unceasing praise.
PSALM cxxxv. _Laudate Nomen_
The Church's thanksgiving for her calling in Christ, and the eternal
rule of Christ over nature and man; she expresses her confidence in the
living Christ Who dwells within her, in contrast with this world's
idolatries.
PSALM cxxxvi. _Confitemini_
A Psalm of the Church's thanksgiving for the eternal mercy of Christ,
as seen in creation, and in her own history and deliverances, and also
in His abiding gift of the Eucharist (ver. 25).
PSALM cxxxvii. _Super flumina_
A Psalm of the sorrows of the Church in her captivity in this world,
where she is persecuted and misunderstood. She expresses her loyalty
to her heavenly calling, her desire for "Jerusalem which is above," and
her warfare with Babylon, for whose overthrow she confidently waits.
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PSALM cxxxviii. _Confitebor 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, in which the living and departed
(ver. 5) unite to praise Christ their King, and ascribe to Him their
victory over the powers of this world.
PSALM cl. _Laudate Dominum_
The eternal song of praise of the Church militant and triumphant, in
which man's powers and development are consecrated to their true end,
the giving of glory to the eternal Trinity.
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INDEX OF PSALMS REFERRED TO
PSALM PAGE
I. . . . . . . . 9, 107
II. . . . . . . 1, 17, 45, 107
III. . . . . . . 108
IV. . . . . . . 103, 108
V. . . . . . . . 104, 108
VI. . . . . . . 86, 104, 109
VII. . . . . . . 104, 109
VIII. . . . . . 54, 69, 109
IX. . . . . . . 9, 109
X. . . . . . . . 8, 16, 85, 109
XI. . . . . . . 110
XII. . . . . . . 110
XIII. . . . . . 110
XIV. . . . . . . 110
XV. . . . . . . 69-70, 110
XVI. . . . . . . 2, 20, 67, 111
XVII. . . . . . 16, 68, 111
XVIII. . . . . . 23, 46, 111
XIX. . . . . . . 9, 111
XX. . . . . . . 112
XXI. . . . . . . 70, 112
XXII. . . . . . 23, 56, 57, 59, 77, 78, 83, 112
XXIII. . . . . . 104, 112
XXIV. . . . . . 60, 101, 112
XXV. . . . . . . 9, 10, 113
XXVI. . . . . . 113
XXVII. . . . . . 104, 113
XXVIII. . . . . 113
XXIX. . . . . . 102, 113
XXX. . . . . . . 102, 113
XXXI. . . . . . 57, 103, 114
XXXII. . . . . . 86, 114
XXXIII. . . . . 28, 114
XXXIV. . . . . . 28, 114
XXXV. . . . . . 37, 114
XXXVI. . . . . . 114
XXXVII. . . . . 28, 115
XXXVIII. . . . . 86, 115
XXXIX. . . . . . 115
XL. . . . . . . 10, 54, 55, 60, 61-3, 104, 115
XLI. . . . . . . 7, 16, 20, 104, 116
XLII. . . . . . 29, 104, 116
XLIII. . . . . . 16, 104, 116
XLIV. . . . . . 6, 88, 105, 116
XLV. . . . . . . 23, 46, 49, 71, 117
XLVI. . . . . . 95, 117
XLVII. . . . . . 81, 117
XLVIII. . . . . 98, 101, 117
XLIX. . . . . . 25, 26, 29, 118
L. . . . . . . . 40, 102, 118
LI. . . . . . . 17, 73, 86, 104, 118
LII. . . . . . . 118
LIII. . . . . . 119
LIV. . . . . . . 61, 62, 103, 119
LV. . . . . . . 119
LVI. . . . . . . 119
LVII. . . . . . 119
LVIII. . . . . . 28, 119
LIX. . . . . . . 120
LX. . . . . . . 24, 120
LXI. . . . . . . 120
LXII. . . . . . 120
LXIII. . . . . . 103, 104, 120
LXIV. . . . . . 38, 120
LXV. . . . . . . 104, 121
LXVI. . . . . . 121
LXVII. . . . . . 82, 103, 121
LXVIII. . . . . 29, 81, 121
LXIX. . . . . . 2, 40, 57, 58, 60, 122
LXX. . . . . . . 122
LXXI. . . . . . 20, 30, 105, 122
LXXII. . . . . . 7, 46, 83, 84, 123
LXXIII. . . . . 14, 68, 123
LXXIV. . . . . . 6, 24, 89, 123
LXXV. . . . . . 123
LXXVI. . . . . . 94, 124
LXXVII. . . . . 16, 124
LXXVIII. . . . . 10, 85, 95, 124
LXXIX. . . . . . 6, 23, 85, 90, 124
LXXX. . . . . . 74, 124
LXXXI. . . . . . 102, 125
LXXXII. . . . . 101, 102, 125
LXXXIII. . . . . 37, 90, 125
LXXXIV. . . . . 104, 125
LXXXV. . . . . . 50, 104, 126
LXXXVI. . . . . 104, 126
LXXXVII. . . . . 28, 81, 82, 126
LXXXVIII. . . . 16, 25, 60, 61, 126
LXXXIX. . . . . 7, 43, 47, 49, 127
XC. . . . . . . 127
XCI. . . . . . . 103, 127
XCII. . . . . . 102, 127
XCIII. . . . . . 102, 128
XCIV. . . . . . 101, 102, 128
XCV. . . . . . . 103, 128
XCVI. . . . . . 49, 128
XCVII. . . . . . 25, 128
XCVIII. . . . . 82, 129
XCIX. . . . . . 129
C. . . . . . . . 82, 129
CI. . . . . . . 129
CII. . . . . . . 54, 86, 91, 92, 97, 130
CIII. . . . . . 130
CIV. . . . . . . 16, 24, 130
CV. . . . . . . 74, 102, 131
CVI. . . . . . . 7, 31, 85, 131
CVII. . . . . . 20, 71, 131
CVIII. . . . . . 70, 132
CIX. . . . . . . 2, 40, 66, 132
CX. . . . . . . 2, 28, 51, 132
CXI. . . . . . . 132
CXII. . . . . . 133
CXIII. . . . . . 83, 113
CXIII.-CXVIII. . 102
CXIV. . . . . . 135
CXV. . . . . . . 25, 26, 133
CXVI. . . . . . 104, 134
CXVII. . . . . . 134
CXVIII. . . . . 69, 134
CXIX. . . . . . 11-13, 14, 28, 33, 71, 103, 134
CXX. . . . . . . 104, 135
CXX.-CXXXIV. . . 6, 102
CXXI. . . . . . 104, 135
CXXII. . . . . . 99, 102, 135
CXXIII. . . . . 135
CXXIV. . . . . . 136
CXXV. . . . . . 136
CXXVI. . . . . . 136
CXXVII. . . . . 136
CXXVIII. . . . . 136
CXXIX. . . . . . 137
CXXX. . . . . . 86, 104, 137
CXXXI. . . . . . 10, 11, 137
CXXXII. . . . . 47, 49, 75, 96, 137
CXXXIII. . . . . 137
CXXXIV. . . . . 103, 138
CXXXV. . . . . . 138
CXXXVI. . . . . 17, 138
CXXXVII. . . . . 38, 138
CXXXVIII. . . . 25, 104, 139
CXXXIX. . . . . 139
CXL. . . . . . . 139
CXLI. . . . . . 139
CXLII. . . . . . 139
CXLIII. . . . . 86, 140
CXLIV. . . . . . 50, 140
CXLV. . . . . . 104, 140
CXLVI. . . . . . 27, 96, 140
CXLVII. . . . . 75, 96, 140
CXLVIII. . . . . 141
CXLVIII.-CL. . . 103, 104
CXLIX. . . . . . 141
CL. . . . . . . 7, 104, 141
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