O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel) (descant: Hill)

[bad word]  [bad word]  Emmanuel!
Redeem thy captive Israel,
that into exile drear is gone
far from the face of God’s dear Son.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
 [bad word] to thee, O Israel.
 [bad word]  thou Wisdom from on high!
Who madest all in earth and sky,
creating man from dust and clay:
to us reveal salvation’s way.
 [bad word]  [bad word]  Adonaï,
who in thy glorious majesty
from Sinai’s mountain, clothed with awe,
gavest thy folk the ancient law.
 [bad word]  thou Root of Jesse! draw
the quarry from the lion’s claw;
from those dread caverns of the grave,
from nether [bad word]  thy people save.
 [bad word]  [bad word]  Emmanuel!
Redeem thy captive Israel,
that into exile drear is gone
far from the face of God’s dear Son.

Words Cologne 1710, based on the Tune VENI EMMANUEL ancient Advent Antiphons Melody ‘adapted from a French Missal’
Tr. T.A. Lacey (1853–1931) by Thomas Helmore (1811–1890) and others Descant David Hill (b. 1957)