Ascension #Messiah texts #Psalter Psalm 2:7, 68:19, 97:7

34. Recitative (tenor) – Unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee?

Psalm 2:7 cited in Hebrews 1:5

אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה אֶֽ֫ל־חֹ֥ק יְֽהוָ֗ה אָמַ֘ר אֵלַ֥י בְּנִ֥י אַ֑תָּה אֲ֝נִ֗י הַיּ֥וֹם יְלִדְתִּֽיךָ		7 [I will recount the decree. Yahweh promised to me: ] You are my son. I myself this day gave birth to you.
z asprh al-koq ihvh amr alii bni ath ani hiom ildtiç	5 10 8	a/spr\h al kq ihvh amr al\i bn\i ath ani h/ivm ild\tic

Note the tri-colon, with the initial pause on the second degree of the scale (f#) at the beginning of the second bar.

35. Chorus – Let all the angels of God worship him. 

Psalm 97:7 -- perhaps a source for Hebrews 1:6

יֵבֹ֤שׁוּ ׀ כָּל־עֹ֬בְדֵי פֶ֗סֶל הַמִּֽתְהַלְלִ֥ים בָּאֱלִילִ֑ים הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ־ל֝וֹ כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים		7 [All servants of a graven image will be ashamed, boasting in the good for nothing.] Worship him all gods.
z ibowu cl-yobdi psl hmthllim balilim hwtkvu-lo cl-alohim	16 8	i/bw\v cl ybd\i psl hmt/hll\im b/alil\im h/wk\vv l\v cl alh\im

Possibly -- but via a series of associations -- an allusion to the invitation to nations in the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32:43). The angels (gods) worship from a restful subdominant.

36. Air (mezzo-soprano) – 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. 

Psalm 68:19 [18] (Ephesians 4:8)

עָ֘לִ֤יתָ לַמָּר֨וֹם ׀ שָׁ֘בִ֤יתָ שֶּׁ֗בִי לָקַ֣חְתָּ מַ֭תָּנוֹת בָּאָדָ֑ם וְאַ֥ף ס֝וֹרְרִ֗ים לִשְׁכֹּ֤ן ׀ יָ֬הּ אֱלֹהִֽים		19 ♪~ You have ascended on high. Captives you have captured. You have received endowments for humanity, and also the rebellious in the dwelling of Yah, God.
i't ylit lmrom wbit wbi lqkt mtnot badm vaf sorrim lwcon ih alohim	20 10	yl\it lm/rvm wb\it wb\i lqk\t mtn\vt b/adm v/ap svrr\im l/wcn ih alh\im

The punctuated ornament on the high C is not infrequent in a musical phrase. This one set in a major-minor mode highlights rebellion in the dwelling of God.