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.
I've knelt at the cross held his burnished feet
I have embraced the body lifeless in my arms
I laid his head upon his pillow so gently
And watched the stone be rolled
Living not dead giving I said
Christ lives in me
Rise above, rise above it all
Rise above, rise above it all
When are we going to rise above it all?
I watched and I prayed and I fell asleep again
When I awoke there was no sign of Him
The tomb it was empty no body no sign
And I fell to the earth defeated and I cried
Why do you weep?
Where have they laid him?
He spoke my name
Promised to never forsake us.
I laid his head upon his pillow so gently
And watched the stone be rolled
The tomb it was empty no body no sign
And I fell to the earth defeated and I cried