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 sæcula sæculorum. 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.). {101} 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. {102} _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.