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Part Two

Chorus

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

 

(John 1: 29)

 

 

Aria
Alto

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 His hair: He hid not His face from shame and spitting.
He was despised. . . da capo  

(Isaiah 50: 6) 

 

Chorus

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)

 

 

Chorus

And with His stripes we are healed.

 

(Isaiah 53: 5)

 

 

Chorus

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)

 

 

Accompagnato
Tenor

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

 

(Psalm 22: 7)

 

 

Chorus

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

 

(Psalm 22: 8)

 

 

Accompagnato
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)

 

 

Arioso
Tenor

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

 

(Lamentations 1: 12)

 

 

Accompagnato
Soprano or tenor

He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgressions of Thy people was He stricken.

 

(Isaiah 53: 8)

 

 

Aria

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

 

(Psalm 16: 10)

 

 

Chorus

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)

 

 

Aria (or « duet and Chorus »)
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)

 

 

Aria (or « Air and Recitative »)
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)

 

 

Chorus

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

 

(Psalm 2: 3)

 

 

Recitative
Tenor

He that dwelleth in Heav'n shall laugh them to scorn; The Lord shall have them in derision.

 

(Psalm 2: 4)

 

 

Aria
Tenor

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

 

(Psalm 2: 9)

 

 

Chorus

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!