Advent: O Come, O Come Emmanuel

O come, thou Wisdom from on high!
Who madest all in earth and sky,
Creating man from dust and clay:
To us reveal salvation’s way.

O come, O come, thou Lord of might,
Who to thy tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times didst give the law,
In cloud, and majesty, and awe.

O Come, thou Lord of David’s Key
The royal door fling wide and free;
Safeguard for us the heavenward road,
And bar the way to death’s abode.

O come, O come, thou Dayspring bright!
Pour on our souls thy healing light;
Dispel the long night’s lingering gloom,
And pierce the shadows of the tomb.

O Come, Desire of Nations! Show
Thy kingly reign on earth below;
Thou Corner-stone, uniting all,
Restore the ruin of our fall.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

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