The Worshipbook ‎#489

489. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

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 Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight. [Refrain]

3 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]

4 O come, Desire of nations, bind
All peoples in one heart and mind;
Bid envy, strife, and quarrels cease;
Fill the whole world with heaven's peace. [Refrain]

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O come, O come, Emmanuel
• Title: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
• Translator (Stanza 3): Henry Sloane Coffin (1916)
• Translator (stanzas 1, 2): John Mason Neale (1851, 1854, alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 9:6
• Topic: Christian Year: Advent
• Source: Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, 1710

Tune Information

• Name: VENI EMMANUEL
• Adapter: Thomas Helmore (1854)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.
• Key: e minor
• Source: French Processional, 15th century
• Copyright: Music from Hymnal for Colleges and Schools, edited by E. Harold Geer; used by permission of Yale University Press.
• Notes: As in Hymnal for Colleges and Schools, 1956