O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

O come, O come, Emmanuel,And ransom captive Israel,That mourns in lonely exile here,Until the Son of God appear.

Refrain, after each verseRejoice! Rejoice! O Israel!To thee shall come Emmanuel.

O come Thou Rod of Jesse, freeThine own from Satan's tyranny;From depths of hell thy people save,And give them vict'ry o'er the grave.

O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheerOur spirits by thine Advent here,Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,And death's dark shadows put to flight.

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.