PSALM lxiv. Exaudi, Deus
A prayer of Christ in His Passion; the 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.