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Text:O Sapientia
Translator:A.J. Beresford Hope
Tune:O SAPIENTIA

17a. O Sapientia

O Wisdom, which has come forth out of the mouth of the Most High, and reaches from one end to the other, mightily and sweetly ordering all things. Come, and teach us the way of prudence.

Text Information
First Line: O wisdom, which has come forth out of the mouth of the Most Higg
Title: O Sapientia
Original Language: Latin
Translator: A.J. Beresford Hope (1846)
Language: English
Publication Date: 2024
Scripture:
Topic: Advent
Notes: [Latin, 8th cen.,] tr. by A.J. Beresford Hope in Sacred Hymns and Anthems (1846), alt.
Tune Information
Name: O SAPIENTIA
Incipit: 73323 21217 11
Key: d minor or modal
Source: Liber Usualis



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