See: Notes on Veni, Veni, Emmanuel

1. O Come! Immanuel, hear our call,
And free Thine Israel from her thrall;
She groans in exile, far from Thee,
And longs the Son of God to see.
Rejoice, O Israel! Wherefore mourn?
Immanuel comes, thy Brother born.

2. O Come! thou Rod of Jesse, come!
Lead Thy down-trodden pilgrims home;
From hoof of ruthless foe them save,
From doleful pit and dreary grave.
Rejoice, O Israel! Wherefore mourn?
Immanuel comes, thy Brother born.

3. O Come! Thou Dawn of holier day!
And glad us by Thy heavenly ray;
Our dark clouds scatter by Thy light;
Disperse the shades of death and night.
Rejoice, O Israel! Wherefore mourn?
Immanuel comes, thy Brother born.

4. O come, throw wide the gates of heaven,
Thou, to whom David's key is given;
Make safe a pathway from below,
And close the way that leads to woe.
Rejoice, O Israel! Wherefore mourn?
Immanuel comes, thy Brother born.

5. O Come! O Come! Thou Lord of lords,
Whose law, with trump and voice of words,
From Sinai's awful brow was given,
Thy glory filling earth and heaven.
Rejoice, O Israel! Wherefore mourn?
Immanuel comes, thy Brother born.