| Lyrics: | O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile
here
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice, rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O
Israel.
O come, O come, Thou Lord of Might,
Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's
height,
In ancient times didst give the law,
In cloud, and majesty, and awe.
Refrain
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
O
come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy
clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight. Refrain
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
O come, Thou Wisdom from on
high,
And order all things, far and nigh;
To us the path of knowledge show,
And cause us
in her ways to go. Refrain
O come, Desire of nations, bind
In one the hearts of
all mankind;
Bid Thou our sad divisions cease,
And be Thyself our King of peace. Refrain |
