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#34 from Lutheran Book of Worship
Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel
Tune
Veni, Emmanuel
Metric Index
88 88 88
Key & Modality
G Major
Last uses
No previous uses
Poem Words (five verses)
1.
Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
2.
Oh, come, oh, come, great Lord of might,
Who to your tribes on Sinai's height
In ancient times once gave the law
In cloud, and majesty, and awe. [Refrain]
Who to your tribes on Sinai's height
In ancient times once gave the law
In cloud, and majesty, and awe. [Refrain]
3.
Oh, come, strong Branch of Jesse, free
Your own from Satan's tyranny;
From depths of hell your people save
And give them vict'ry o'er the grave. [Refrain]
Your own from Satan's tyranny;
From depths of hell your people save
And give them vict'ry o'er the grave. [Refrain]
4.
Oh, come, blest Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by you advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight. [Refrain]
Our spirits by you advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight. [Refrain]
5.
Oh, come, O Key of David, come,
And open wide our heav'nly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery. [Refrain]
And open wide our heav'nly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery. [Refrain]
Hymn References
Original Language
Latin
Publication Date
1978
Source
Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum Köln
Source
French processional 15th cent.
Topic
Advent; Advent 4
Translator
John M. Neale 1818-1866 (alt.)
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#257 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / O come, O come, Emmanuel (e minor ) [click to view]#56 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / O come, O come, Emmanuel (G Major ) [click to view]
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