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.
Why should I feel discouraged
Why should the shadows come
Why should my heart be lonely
And long for heaven, heaven and home
When, when Jesus is my portion
My constant Friend is He
Oh, oh-oh, his eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watched, watched it over me
I sing because I’m happy (happy)
I sing because I’m free (free free free)
For His eye, his eye is on the sparrow
And I know, I know He watches over me