O rex gentium (Advent antiphon 6)

Musical settings at CPDL

Hotinet Barra STTB (Latin) Claudio Merulo SAATTB (Latin) Robert Page SATB (English) John Stainer SATB (English)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Francesco Feroci — O rex gentium
• Carlotta Ferrari — O Antiphons

Text and translations

Latin text O rex gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum, (veni, et) salva hominem quem de limo formasti

German translation O König der Völker, und der von ihnen Ersehnte, und der Eckstein, der du aus zweien eines machst, (komm, und) erlöse den Menschen, den du aus Lehm gebildet hast. Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: Come and save the human race, which you fashioned from clay.