A Psalm of the creature to the Creator, celebrating His omnipresence, His wisdom, His claim to love; praying for sincerity and the gift of perseverance. It is appropriate to Christ in His sacred manhood, in which He is "inferior to the Father" (Athanasian Creed); and therefore also a Psalm of the Church in which the human body and soul are regenerate and consecrated by the Incarnation. PSALM cxl. _Eripe me, Domine_ A Psalm of Christ's warfare and Passion; pronouncing the overthrow and judgment of the wicked, and the eternal continuance of His Church. PSALM cxli. _Domine, clamavi_ A Psalm of the Church's devotion to Christ; her humility in accepting rebuke and tribulation; her unceasing spirit of prayer. PSALM cxlii. _Voce mea ad Dominum_ A Psalm of Christ's prayer to the Father in His {140} Passion and Death, and His longing for the gathering together of His Church to Himself as the fruit of His Resurrection. PSALM cxliii. _Domine, exaudi_ Ash Wednesday, evening (Prayer Book) A Psalm of prayer for those who suffer with Christ; of preparation for death, and hope of the Resurrection, through the gift of the Holy Spirit. PSALM cxliv. _Benedictus Dominus_ A Psalm of the triumph of Christ (under the figure of David), and of the eternal blessedness of His Church through Him. PSALM cxlv. _Exaltabo te, Deus_ Whitsun Day, evening (Prayer Book) A Psalm of the everlasting joy of the Church in Christ her King, in the Holy Eucharist (ver. 7), in the Communion of Saints, and in the certainty of the answer to prayer. PSALM cxlvi. _Lauda, anima mea_ Like the preceding, a Psalm of the Church's thanksgiving for the eternal sovereignty of Christ in its mercy and its judgment. PSALM cxlvii. _Laudate Dominum_ The joy of the Church in her calling and preservation {141} by Christ, in the Gospel committed to her trust, and in the truth that all things temporal as well as eternal are hers in Christ, Who is Lord of all. PSALM cxlviii. _Laudate Dominum_ The Church's call to the angels, to all the powers of nature, and to all estates of men to give thanks to Christ, with her. PSALM cxlix. _Cantate Domino_ A Psalm of the Communion of Saints, in which the living and departed (ver. 5) unite to praise Christ their King, and ascribe to Him their victory over the powers of this world. PSALM cl. _Laudate Dominum_ The eternal song of praise of the Church militant and triumphant, in which man's powers and development are consecrated to their true end, the giving of glory to the eternal Trinity. {142} INDEX OF PSALMS REFERRED TO PSALM PAGE