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.
The cities teemed with the dregs
Wicked in thought and deed
Pleasure was gained in suffering and pain
And wealth in lies and deceit
The outcry was shouted loud over its mighty stone walls
Then darkness loomed as clouds of gloom
Eclipsed the sun from them all
Fire!
Lights up the sky
Raining judgement
Witness them all as they die
The air was filled with their screams
And the crackling of flames
They were frozen in time like a pantomime
As their wax skin melted away
Billowing smoke and smouldering ash
The inferno has dried all their tears
And killed all the crimes that burned in their minds
Behold the most sacred fear
Fire!
Lights up the sky
Raining judgement
Witness them all as they die