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.
Barren land can overflow with
Life and fruit and fields that grow
In the barren land with labor and toil
Planting seed and tilling soil
Stay the same, stay the same
But if for rain, yeah, for rain
But if for rain to fall, irresistibly call
Rain to cover me
But if for rain to heal, uncontrollably fill
The soil of eternity
Barren land will overflow with
Life and fruit and fields that grow, that grow
Holy Spirit spur me to till
Once barren land so thirsty still
For living water, oh, God, sustains
So life and fruit and fields remain
Lest they stay the same, stay the same
But if for rain, yeah, for rain
But if for rain to fall, irresistibly call
The rain to cover me
But if for rain to heal, uncontrollably fill
The soil of eternity
But if for rain, but if for rain
But if for rain