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Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)
Air for Mezzo-soprano
He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. (Isaiah 53:3) // He gave his back to the smiters, and his cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: He hid not his face from shame and spitting. (Isaiah 50:6)
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Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows! // He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him. (Isaiah 53:4-5)
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And with His stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)
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All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way. And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6)
Recit for Tenor
All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn; they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying: (Psalm 22: 7)
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"He trusted in God that He would deliver Him; let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him." (Psalm 22: 8)
Recit for Tenor
Thy rebuke hath broken His heart: He is full of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there was no man, neither found He any to comfort him. (Psalm 69: 20)
Air for Tenor
Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow. (Lamentations1:12)
Recit for Tenor
He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgressions of thy people was he stricken. (lsaiah53:8)
Air for Tenor
But thou didst not leave his soul in hell; nor didst thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. (Psalm 16:11)
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Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory. (Psalm 24: 7-10)
Air for Mezzo-soprano
How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. (Isaiah 52: 7; Romans 10: 15)
Air for Bass
Why do the nations so furiously rage together, and why do the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against His anointed. (Psalm 2: 1-2)
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Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us. (Psalm 2:3)
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Hallelujah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. (Revelation 19:6) // The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 11:15) // King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. (Revelation 19:16) Hallelujah!