How Bright Appears the Morning Star

lyricist: Philipp Nicolai, 1597
Composer: Philipp Nicolai, 1599

How bright ap­pears the morn­ing star

With mer­cy beam­ing from afar!

The host of Heav’n re­joic­es!

O right­eous Branch! O Jes­se’s Rod!

Thou Son of Man

and Son of God!

We too will lift our voic­es

Jesus! Je­sus! Ho­ly

ho­ly! yet most low­ly!

Draw Thou near us:

Great Em­ma­nu­el! stoop and hear us!

Rejoice

ye heav’ns

thou earth

re­ply!

With praise

ye sin­ners

fill the sky!

For this His in­car­na­tion!

Incarnate God

put forth Thy pow­er

Ride on

ride on

great Con­quer­or

Till all know Thy sal­va­tion.

Amen

amen! Al­le­lu­ia

al­le­lu­ia!

Praise be giv­en

Evermore

by earth and Heav­en.

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