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. 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.