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.
Praise to the lord
The almighty the king of creation
O my soul praise him
For he is thy health and salvation
All ye who hear, now to his temple draw near
Join me in glad adoration
Praise to the lord
Who oʼer all things so wondrously reigneth
Sheilded thee under his wings
Yea so gently sustaineth
Hast thou not seen, how thy desires have been
Granted in what he ordaineth
Praise to the lord
O let all that is in me adore him
All that hath life and breath
Come now with praises before him
Let the amen, sound from his people again
Let the amen, sound from his people again
Let the amen, sound from his people again
Gladly forever adore him