Worthy is Christ | Digno es Jesús

This is a short worship hymn from Spain, about the worthiness of Jesus Christ. The words are based on Revelation 5:9, 12.

The author and composer are unknown: it is acknowledged only as "traditional Spanish".

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The slides below have four options: English only, Spanish only, English with a Spanish translation, and Spanish with an English translation.

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Lead sheet (melody + guitar chords)

PowerPoint slides

Examples

Singer with piano:

Small group with piano-led backing band:

Singer with piano:

Instrumental - backing track with Spanish words on-screen:

Instrumental - backing track with words on-screen in English and Spanish:

Lyrics

Spanish language

1 Digno es Jesús,

digno es Jesús;

de recibir la gloria,

digno es Jesús.

2 Su vida dio,

por mí murió;

de recibir la gloria,

digno es Jesús.

English language

1 Worthy is Christ,

Worthy is Christ;

To him be praise and glory:

Worthy is the Lord.

2 He gave his life,

He died for me;

To him be praise and glory:

Worthy is the Lord.

ABC Notation

About ABC notation

X:1

  T:Worthy is Christ / Digno es Jesús 
C:Traditional Spanish 
Z:abc-transcription www.GodSongs.net 
M:4/4 
L:1/4 
K:Gmaj 
"G"G2 D G | "C"A4 | "D"A2 D d | "G"B3 G | 
w:1~~~Wor-thy is Christ, wor-thy is Christ; To 
w:2~~~He gave his life, He died for me; 
w:. 
w:1~~~Dig-no~es Je-sús, dig-no~ es Jesús; de 
w:2~~~Su vi-da dio, por mí mu-rió; 
 "C"e3/2 c/2 "D7"A3/2 E/2 | "Bm"(d>B) "Em"G2 | "Am"c B "D"A3/2 G/2 | "G"G4 |] 
w:~~~him be praise and glo-ry:_ Wor-thy is the Lord. 
w:. 
w:~~~re-ci-bir la glo--ria, dig_no es Jesús.