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Text:Ved del cielo descendiendo
Author:John Cennick, 1718-1755
Translator:G. H. Rule
Tune:SAINT AUSTIN

338. Ved del cielo descendiendo

1 Ved del cielo descendiendo
Al triunfante Redentor;
En su majestad tremenda
Aparece el Salvador.
Su justicia
En la tierra reinará.

2 Vedlo todos, revestido
De divina claridad:
Los que a Cristo habéis vendido,
Los que llenos de maldad,
Con escarnio
Le llamasteis malhechor.

3 Muestra ahora las heridas
Que le hicieron en la cruz;
Las señales estampadas
En su cuerpo, que, a la luz
De la gloria,
Encarecen su piedad.

4 Cristo, rey, te veneramos
En tu augusto tribunal;
Nuestras frentes inclinamos
Ante Ti, Dios eternal,
Juez divino,
Todo ser te temerá.

Text Information
First Line: Ved del cielo descendiendo
Translator: G. H. Rule
Author: John Cennick, 1718-1755
Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 4 7.
Language: Spanish
Publication Date: 1964
Topic: Ocasiones Especiales: Segunda Venida de Nuestro Señor; Special Occasion: Second Coming of our Lord
Notes: English first line: Lo! He comes with clouds descending
Tune Information
Name: SAINT AUSTIN
Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 4 7.
Key: d minor
Source: "Tonus peregrinus" (arr. 1876)



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