Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (O Come, O Come Emmanuel)

LET ALL MORTAL FLESH KEEP SILENCE (O COME, O COME EMMANUEL)

Contact:
Casey Page Culbreth
caseypagec@gmail.com
(502) 541-5997

Songwriters, Publishing & PRO:
Traditional Music, Public Domain
Casey Page Culbreth / Manuscript / BMI


Lyrics:

Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
and with fear and trembling stand;
ponder nothing earthly minded,
for with blessing in His hand,
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
our full homage to demand.

-chorus-
Rejoice, rejoice
Emmanuel
Shall come to Thee, O Israel

King of kings, yet born of Mary,
as of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
in the body and the blood.
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heav'nly food.

-chorus-
Rejoice, rejoice
Emmanuel
Shall come to Thee, O Israel

Rank on rank the host of heaven
spreads its vanguard on the way,
as the Light of light descendeth
from the realms of endless day,
that the pow'rs of hell may vanish
as the darkness clears away.

-chorus-
Rejoice, rejoice
Emmanuel
Shall come to Thee, O Israel

At His feet the six-winged seraph,
cherubim with sleepless eye,
veil their faces to the Presence,
as with ceaseless voice they cry,
“Alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia, Lord Most High!”
“Alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia, Lord Most High!”

-chorus-
Rejoice, rejoice
Emmanuel
Shall come to Thee, O Israel

Rejoice, rejoice
Emmanuel
Shall come to Thee, O Israel
Shall come to Thee, O Israel
Shall come to Thee, O Israel