Biblical References in U2 Lyrics by BarkerC

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Quiz Description

So, a bunch of boys from Dublin made a band, and then over the course of three decades, slipped in more direct Biblical references than you can shake a Joshua Tree at. Given clues, name the following related to U2's lyrical references to the Bible.

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Questions:

On this 1981 single from October, the Latin phrase "In te domine ... exultate ... miserere" are the first words in Latin of three different Psalms.

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Gloria

It is said that every U2 album ends with Bono's conversation with God. On War, this song with a numerical name is actually just a musical setting of the Psalm of that same number.

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'40'

Dedicated to an American minister, this single from The Unforgettable Fire includes the line, "One man come he to justify" drawing from the prophecy set forth in Isaiah 53:11.

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Pride (In the Name of Love)

On The Joshua Tree's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", Bono sings "I have spoken with the tongue of angels", which sidelong references Chapter 13, Verse 1 of this Pauline Epistle. (If you've been to a wedding, you've probably heard this somewhere along the way.)

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1 Corinthians

On "Love Rescue Me" from Rattle and Hum, Bono sings "Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow/Yet I will fear no evil", a direct reference to which Psalm?

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Psalm 23

This Achtung Baby track, also the title track from the soundtrack of a 1991 Wim Wenders film, has been referred to by Bono as "A pay phone call from Judas to Jesus." and the lyrics can easily be seen in that framework.

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"Until the End of the World"

Also on this late in the album track from Achtung Baby, this track, which The Edge said was about the presence but visual imperceptibility of God's presence, while Bono has said that the chorus of "Baby, Baby, Baby, light my way" is drawn, sidelong, from the Book of Job.

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"Ultra Violet (Light My Way)"

Also on Achtung Baby, "Mysterious Ways" alludes frequently to text in what Oscar Wilde play, which itself is drawn from the story told in Mark 6: 17-29.

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Salome

The Bible shows up in unexpected places. On this track from Pop, named for a corporately owned Tudor Revival house located at 10236 Charing Cross Road, Los Angeles, California, has the line "Then there will be no time of sorrow, then there will be no time for pain", which is drawn from Revelation 21:4.

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"The Playboy Mansion"

On "Beautiful Day", the lines "See the bird with the leaf in her mouth" and "After the flood all the colours came out" are references to Chapters 8 & 9 of what book of the Pentateuch?

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Genesis

On How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, the closing track, which includes the line "A city should be shining on a hill" from Matthew 5:14 is named for the English translation of what Hebrew name as given in Exodus when Moses asks "What is his name?" what am I to tell them?' God replied, 'I am who I am.'

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Yahweh

On No Line on the Horizon's "Unknown Caller", Bono references "3:33 on the clockface", better known as "God's Phone Number", Chapter 33:3 of this prophetic book of the Old Testament: "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."

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Jeremiah