Total Praise ‎#189

189. 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 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]

3 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]

4 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]

Text Information

• First Line: O come, O come, Emmanuel
• Title: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
• Translator (sts. 1, 4): John Mason Neale
• Translator (sts. 2,3): Henry Sloane Coffin, 1877-1954
• Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice!
• Meter: LM with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Scripture:
  Matthew 1:23
• Topic: Advent: First; Church, Family of Believers; Conflict; Guidance; Heaven; Joy; Peace; Wisdom
• Source: Latin, 9th C.

Tune Information

• Name: VENI EMMANUEL
• Adapter: Thomas Helmore, 1811-1890
• Meter: LM with refrain
• Key: G Major or modal