La música cristiana es de origen judío: la liturgia musical de la sinagoga, en particular el canto psalmódico de los judíos como unidad poética musical, fue un legado preciado transmitido del Israel antiguo al cristianismo primitivo, como forma de manifestar tanto a nivel personal como comunitario las creencias religiosas y la fe en Dios.
stained and dirty
in the eyes of a king
tattered and tarnished
will I ever be clean
oh
but he is spotless and holy
and I can never compare
in the sinful garments I wear, oh
but Jesus stepped between the father and me
now the way that he sees his son
oh, I'm justified
oh, it's just as I
had never, no,
no never sinned before
I'm justified
because Jesus died
and now God will see my sins no more
oh, I'm justified
just as I
had never