and ransom captive Israel,

that mourns in lonely exile here

until the Son of God appear:

Rejoice! Rejoice!

Immanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, thou Wisdom from above

who ord’rest all things through thy love;

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,

free thine own from Satan’s tyranny;

from depths of hell thy people save,

and give them vict’ry 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, come and cheer

our spirits by thine advent here;

disperse the gloomy clouds of night,

and death’s dark shadows put to flight:

O come, Desire of nations,

bring all peoples to their Saviour King;

thou Comer-stone, who makest one,

complete in us thy work begun:

O come, O come, Immanuel,

and ransom captive Israel,

that mourns in lonely exile here

until the Son of God appear:

Rejoice! Rejoice!

Immanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.