O Word Immortal of Eternal God

lyricist: Emperor Justinian (483–565)
Composer: Orlando Gibbons, 1623

O Word im­mor­tal of eter­nal God

Only be­got­ten of the on­ly source

For our sal­va­tion stoop­ing to the course

Of hu­man life

and born of Ma­ry’s blood.

In eq­ual hon­or with the Ho­ly Ghost

And with th’eter­nal Fa­ther glo­ri­fied.

Sprung from the ev­er vir­gin wo­man­hood

Of her who bare Thee

God im­mut­able

Incarnate

made as man with man to dwell

And con­des­cend­ing to the bit­ter rood;

In eq­ual hon­or with the Ho­ly Ghost

And with th’eter­nal Fa­ther glo­ri­fied.

Save us

O Christ

our God

for Thou hast died

To save Thy peo­ple to the ut­ter­most

And dy­ing tramp­lest death in vic­to­ry;

One of the ev­er bless­èd Tri­ni­ty

In eq­ual ho­nor with the Ho­ly Ghost

And with th’eter­nal Fa­ther glo­ri­fied.

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