Gather Comprehensive ‎#333

333. O Come, Divine Messiah

1 O come, Divine Messiah,
The world in silence waits the day
When hope shll sing its triumph,
And sadness flee away.
Dear Savior, haste! Come, come to earth.
Dispel the night and show your face,
And bid us hail the dawn of grace.
O come, Divine Messiah,
The world in silence waits the day
When hope shall sing its triumph,
and sadness flee away.

2 O come Desired of nations,
Whom priest and prophet long foretold,
Will break the captive fetters,
Redeem the long-lost fold.
Dear Savior, haste! Come, come to earth.
Dispel the night and show your face,
And bid us hail the dawn of grace.
O come, Divine Messiah,
The world in silence waits the day
When hope shall sing its triumph,
and sadness flee away.

3 O come in peace and meekness,
For lowly will your cradle be:
Though clothed in human weakness
We shall your Godhead see.
Dear Savior, haste! Come, come to earth.
Dispel the night and show your face,
And bid us hail the dawn of grace.
O come, Divine Messiah,
The world in silence waits the day
When hope shall sing its triumph,
and sadness flee away.

Text Information

• First Line: O come, Divine Messiah
• Title: O Come, Divine Messiah
• French Title: Venez, divin Messie
• Author: Abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, 1663-1745
• Translator: S. Mary of St. Philip (1877)
• Refrain First Line: Dear Savior, haste!
• Meter: 7 8 7 6 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1994
• Scripture:
  Luke 1:78-79
• Topic: Seasons and Feasts: Advent; Captivity

Tune Information

• Name: VENEZ, DIVIN MESSIE
• Harmonizer: Healey Willan, 1880-1968
• Meter: 7 8 7 6 with refrain
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Harm. © 1958, Basilian Fathers, assigned to Ralph Jusko Publications, Inc.