Tuesday, April 3, 2012

"All we, like sheep" from Handel's Messiah

I love this movement from the Messiah, and not just because I always smile at the title.*  The music and text (below) work so well together, with a simple theme for "All we, like sheep," suggesting the simpleness of mankind relative to God; and fast notes for the words "astray" and "turned," suggesting the wanderings of a lost and scattered flock.

Text:  "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)



* Sometimes when we are playing "Settlers of Catan," I start singing, "All we lack sheep."

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