PART TWO

 

CHORUS: Behold the Lamb of God

Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.

 

AIR: He was despised (Countertenor)

He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

 

CHORUS: Surely, He hath borne our griefs

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.

 

CHORUS: And with His stripes we are healed

And with His stripes we are healed.

 

CHORUS: All we like sheep have gone astray

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned ev’ry one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

 

ACCOMPAGNATO: All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn (Tenor)

All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn; they shoot our their lips, and shake their heads, saying:

 

CHORUS: He trusted in God

He trusted in God that He would deliver Him, let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him.

 

ACCOMPAGNATO: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (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.

 

ARIOSO: Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Tenor)

Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow!

 

ACCOMPAGNATO: He was cut off out of the land of the living (Tenor)

He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of Thy people was He stricken.

 

AIR: But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell (Tenor)

But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption.

 

CHORUS: Lift up your heads

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.

 

CHOURS: The Lord gave the word

The Lord gave the word; great was the company of the preachers.

 

AIR: How beautiful are the feet of them (Soprano)

How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.

 

AIR: Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass)

Why do the nations so furiously rage together: 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.

 

CHORUS: Let us break their bonds asunder

Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us.

 

RECITATIVE: He that dwelleth in heaven (Tenor)

He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn; the Lord shall have them in derision.

 

AIR: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Tenor)

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

 

CHORUS: Hallelujah

Hallelujah! for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Hallelujah!

 

PART THREE

 

AIR: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Soprano)

I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And tho’ worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep.

 

CHORUS: Since by man came death

Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

 

ACCOMPAGNATO: Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)

Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be chang’d in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

 

AIR: The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be rais'd (Bass)

The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be chang’d.

 

RECITATIVE: Then shall be brought to pass (Countertenor)

Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

 

DUET: O death, where is thy sting? (Countertenor & Tenor)

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Th e sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.

 

CHORUS: But thanks be to God

But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

AIR: If God be for us (soprano)

If God be for us, who can be against us? Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth, who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is at the right hand of God, who makes intercession for us.

 

CHORUS: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

 

CHORUS: Blessing and honor

Blessing and honor, glory and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever.

 

CHORUS: Amen

Amen.