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