O Adonai

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O Lord and Ruler, of the house of Israel

Translator: A. J. B. Beresford Hope
Tune: [O Wisdom, which camest out of the mouth of the most high]
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O Lord and Ruler, of the house of Israel, who appeared unto Moses in a flame in the bush and gavest unto him the law in Sinai: Come, and redeem us with an outstretch'd arm.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #18a

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Translator: A. J. B. Beresford Hope

Hope, Alexander James Beresford, LL.D., born Jan. 25, 1820, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, was M.P. for his University for several years, and died Oct. 20, 1887. He is connected with hymnology through his Hymns of the Church, literally translated, for the use of English Congregations, Lond., J. & F. Rivington. 1844. None of these translations have come into common use. In the Cambridge University Calendar he is entered as “Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	O Lord and Ruler, of the house of Israel
Title:	O Adonai
Translator:	A. J. B. Beresford Hope
Source:	V. 2 (alt.) of "O Wisdom, which cometh from the mouth of the most High"
Language:	English
Notes:	tr. by A.J. Beresford Hope in Sacred Hymns and Anthems (1846), alt.
Copyright:	Public Domain