Chorus
Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. |
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(John 1: 29) |
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Aria
Alto
He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. |
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(Isaiah 53: 3) |
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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! |
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(Isaiah 53: 4-5) |
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Chorus
And with His stripes we are healed. |
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(Isaiah 53: 5) |
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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. |
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(Isaiah 53: 6) |
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Accompagnato
Tenor
All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn; they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying: |
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(Psalm 22: 7) |
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Chorus
"He trusted in God that He would deliver Him; let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him." |
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(Psalm 22: 8) |
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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. |
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(Psalm 69: 20) |
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Arioso
Tenor
Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow. |
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(Lamentations 1: 12) |
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Accompagnato
Tenor
He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgressions of Thy people was He stricken. |
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(Isaiah 53: 8) |
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Aria
Tenor
But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption. |
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(Psalm 16: 10) |
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Chorus
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. |
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(Psalm 24: 7-10) |
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Recitative
Tenor
Unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? |
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(Hebrews 1: 5) |
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Chorus
Let all the angels of God worship him |
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(Hebrews 1: 6) |
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Aria
Alto
Thou art gone up on high; thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men: yea, even for thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them. |
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(Psalm 68: 18) |
Aria
Soprano
How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. |
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(Isaiah 52: 7; Romans 10: 15) |
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Chorus
Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words unto the ends of the world. |
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(Romans 10:18) |
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Aria (or « Air and Recitative »)
Bass
Why do the nations so furiously rage together, and why do the people imagine a vain thing? |
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(Psalm 2: 1-2) |
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Chorus
Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us. |
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(Psalm 2: 3) |
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Recitative
Tenor
He that dwelleth in Heav'n shall laugh them to scorn; The Lord shall have them in derision. |
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(Psalm 2: 4) |
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Aria
Tenor
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. |
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(Psalm 2: 9) |
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Chorus
Hallelujah: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. |
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(Revelation 19: 6) |
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The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord, |
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(Revelation 11: 15) |
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King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. |
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(Revelation 19: 16) |
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Hallelujah!
