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HymnalsThe Worshiping Church133


Text information
First Line:O come, O come, Emmanuel
Title:O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Translator:John M. Neale (1851)
Author (stanza 5):Henry Sloane Coffin (1916)
Meter:8.8.8.8.8.8.
Scripture:Job 38:12; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 11:1; Haggai 2:7; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:78; Revelation 3:7
Topic:Jesus Christ | Advent; Advent Season; Jesus Christ | Emmanuel; Jesus Christ | Light; Jesus Christ | Redeemer; Jesus Christ | Son of God; Jesus Christ | Victory, Final; Peace, World
Source:Latin hymn, 12th C.
Language:English
Refrain First Line:Rejoice! rejoice!
Tune information
Tune name:VENI EMMANUEL
Composer:Thomas Helmore (1854)
Meter:8.8.8.8.8.8.
Key:e minor
Source:Based on plainsong phrases
Full text
1 O come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.

[Refrain:]
Rejoice! rejoice! Emmanuel
shall come to thee, O Israel!
 
2  O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free
thine own from Satan's tyranny;
from depths of hell thy people save
and give them victory o'er the grave. (Refrain)
 
3 O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
our spirits by thine advent here;
and drive away the shades of night,
and pierce the clouds and bring us light! (Refrain)
 
4 O come, thou Key of David, come,
and open wide our heavenly home;
make safe the way that leads on high,
and close the path to misery. (Refrain)

5 O come, Desire of nations,
bind all peoples in one heart and mind;
bid envy, strife and quarrels cease;
fill all the world with heaven's peace. (Refrain)