On the Psalms.

 The book of Psalms contains new doctrine after the law of Moses. And after the writing of Moses, it is the second book of doctrine. Now, after the dea

 OnPsalm II . From the Exposition of the Second Psalm, by the Holy Bishop Hippolytus.

 OnPsalm XXII. Or XXIII . From the Commentary by the Holy Bishop and Martyr Hippolytus, on “The Lord is My Shepherd.”

 On Psalm XXIII. Or XXIV . From the Commentary by the Same, on Ps. xxiii.

 On Psalm CIX. Or CX . From the Commentary by the Same on the Great Song.

 On Psalm LXXVII. Or LXXVIII .

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On the Psalms. The Argument Prefixed by Hippolytus, Bishop of Rome, to His Exposition of the Psalms.1 From Gallandi.

The book of Psalms contains new doctrine after the law of Moses. And after the writing of Moses, it is the second book of doctrine. Now, after the death of Moses and Joshua, and after the judges, arose David, who was deemed worthy of bearing the name of father of the Saviour himself; and he first gave to the Hebrews a new style of psalmody, by which he abrogates the ordinances established by Moses with respect to sacrifices, and introduces the new hymn and a new style of jubilant praise in the worship of God; and throughout his whole ministry he teaches very many other things that went beyond the law of Moses.2 [i.e., Samuel prepares for the Christian era, introducing the “schools of the prophets,” and the synagogue service, which God raised up David to complete, by furnishing the Psalter. Compare Acts iii. 24, where Samuel’s position in the “goodly fellowship” is marked. See Payne Smith’s Prophecy a Preparation for Christ.]