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, {123} 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. {124} PSALM lxxvi. _Notus in Judæa_ 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_