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.
Come thou fount of ev'ry blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the mount I'm fixed upon it, mount of Thy redeeming love
Here I raise my Ebenezer, hither by Thy help I'm come
And I hope by Thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wond'ring from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger, interposed His precious blood
How Your kindness yet pursues me, how Your mercy never fails me
Til the day that day shall lose me, I will sing, oh, I will sing
O to grace, how great a debtor, daily I'm constrained to be
Let thy goodness like a fetter, bind my wand'ring heart to Thee
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above
How Your kindness yet pursues me, how Your mercy never fails me
Til the day that day shall lose me, I will sing, oh, I will sing
Til the day that day shall lose me, I will sing, oh, I will sing
Prone to wander, Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above