The 'O' Antiphons - O Adonai

(The "O" Antiphons, so called because each one addresses the God who comes in Christ with a different biblical title, beginning with the invocation "O," are prayed in the 7 days leading up to Christmas.)

O Adonai (Lord)

O God, who once came down of old
To bring salvation nigh,
When all the people of your flock
Sent up a bitter cry.

Your servant turned aside with awe,
And that great wonder learned:
A bush that flamed with fire he saw,
That yet was never burned.

To God, for ever to be feared,
All praise and glory be,
To him that in the bush appeared,
Our God the One in Three