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 journeyed far
I've slept out in the desert with the stars
I have felt the mystery
I've broken down
Seen my dreams fall like ashes to the ground
I've been my own worst enemy
But Your mercy
Is the sweetest gift to me
Your sweet mercy
Is the air I wanna breathe
I feel it washing over me
I've traveled long
And I've prayed for my vision to carry on
When my eyes just couldn't see
I've been betrayed
And I've fallen like a child along the way
I've been lost in revelry
I've felt ashamed
I've cursed the very sweetness of Your name
Yet Your grace still covers me
You breathe on me
I feel Your spirit flow like water to the sea
Through the deepest part of me
For Your mercy
Is the sweetest gift to me
Your sweet mercy
Has been so good to me
Your mercy
Is the sweetest gift to me
I feel it washing over me