Song Context:
The text of this aria comes from the words of the Jewish prophet Malachi.
Fun Facts:
1) This is the eleventh part of the first part of Handel's famous Messiah, the prophecy of Christ's birth.
2) The text of the Messiah was compiled from the text of the King James Bible and Psalms of the Book of Common Prayer.
"The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light,
And they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death,
upon them hath the light shined. "