How did the Church of the New Testament understand worship through praise in the temple?

The New Testament Church inherited worship through praise from the temple in Jerusalem where there were groups of people whose role it was to offer praises. It is said that the number of harps there was more than four thousand. The Church, the daughter of Zion, imitates David the king and the prophet, the sweet psalmist of Israel (2 Sam. 23:1) and finds joyful depths in the psalms, in the light of the work of Christ — the son of David — on the Cross, in His resurrection, and in His ascension to heaven. The apostle Paul knew the kingdom of God as joy in the Lord (Rom. 14:17).

592 St. Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Book of Psalms 148.2 (NPNF I/8:673).

593 St. Augustine of Hippo, Letters 130.19.

594 St. Augustine of Hippo, City of God 22.30 (NPNF I/2:511).

595 St. Jerome, The Homilies of Saint Jerome, Volume 1 (1–59 on the Psalms) 25 (FOTC 48:202).

596 St. Irenaeus of Lyon, Fragments on the Lost Writings of Irenaeus 37 (ANF 1:574).

597 St. Ephrem the Syrian, Hymns on the Nativity of Christ 4 (NPNF II/13:237).