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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (The Drudge Family four-part acapella) // Music Video

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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel The Drudge Family Four-part acapella Help make more projects like this possible! https://paypal.me/trevordrudgemusic Words: Anon. (Latin, c. 12th Cent.) Tr. John M. Neale, 1851 Music: Ancient Plain Song 15th Century
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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (The Drudge Family four-part acapella) // Music Video

Words by Anonymous Latin; translated by John Mason Neale, with later alterations and additions including Henry Sloane CoffinMusic by Plainsong melody, adapted by Thomas HelmoreWritten Tune VENI EMMANUEL

O come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.

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

O come, thou Wisdom from on high,
who orderest all things mightily;
to us the path of knowledge show
and teach us in her ways to go.

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 Rod of Jesse's stem,
from every foe deliver them
that trust thy mighty power to save,
and give them victory o'er the grave.

O come, thou Key of David, come,
and open wide our heavenly home;
make safe the way that leads on high,
and close the path to misery.

O come, thou Dayspring from on high,
and cheer us by thy drawing nigh;
disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
and death's dark shadows put to flight.

O come, Desire of nations, bind
in one the hearts of all mankind;
bid thou our sad divisions cease,
and be thyself our King of Peace.

Story Behind the Song

The hymn is based on the medieval Latin Advent text β€œVeni, veni Emmanuel,” itself drawing on the Great β€œO” Antiphons sung at Vespers in the final days before Christmas. John Mason Neale translated the text into English in 1851, and it was later revised and expanded in common hymnal use. The familiar tune, VENI EMMANUEL, was paired with the text by Thomas Helmore in the 19th century from a plainsong melody found in a 15th-century French processional.

Scripture

Found In

Hymns Ancient and Modern, The English Hymnal, The Hymnal 1940, The Hymnal 1982, Trinity Hymnal, Lutheran Service Book