This meditation on Psalm 89 reflects the on the parallels between this song of David and the description of the Angel host that greeted the birth of the Son of David on Christmas morning. Matins for the Sunday after Christmas includes Isaiah 61, Galatians 4, and Psalm 111. The American classis "O Little Town of Bethlehem" is sung to the Ralph Vaughan Williams tune, and the Andreas Hammerschmidt classic, "O Rejoice, Ye Christians, Loudly."