Musical Advent Calendar - Day 2

Each day, from December 1 to December 25, I will post the text (and translation, if necessary) of an Advent- or Christmas-themed song, along with the URL for a YouTube video containing that song. (Select "Musical Advent Calendar" from the list of labels in the right sidebar to sort all of them out from the other posts on the blog.) You will note that each selection has a text, collectively representing the last 2000 years, and this is intentional. For the more familiar texts (such as popular Christmas carols), I have chosen a variety of interpretations and performers, from professional choirs to contemporary Christian worship leaders. I suggest that you follow the text as the music plays, and reflect on the words that proclaim the First Advent of our Savior, the Lord Jesus.

May our King, who promises to come again, reveal himself to you in a new way this Advent.

DECEMBER 2
The First Sunday of Advent

O Come,O Come, Emmanuel

Text is a twelfth century Latin hymn, translated by John M. Neale (1851)
Hymn Tune: "Veni Emmanuel" by Thomas Helmore (1854), based on plainsong
Performed by Selah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPfdD3pBUig

O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!

O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer our spirits by thine advent here.
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death's dark shadows move to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!

O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free thine own from Satan's tyranny.
From depths of hell, thy people save, and give them victory o'er grave.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!