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.
Blessed is the man
The man who does not walk
In the counsel of the wicked
Blessed is the man
He is like a tree that flourishes
Planted by the waters
He will bear his fruit in season
And his leaf will not wither
Cursed is the man
Because the wicked man
Like chaff, he blows away
Cursed is that man
The wicked will not stand at judgement
Stand with God's appointed
God will watch o'er the righteous
But wicked men will perish