The 'O' Antiphons - O Sapienta

(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 Sapienta (Wisdom)

O heavenly Wisdom, hear our cry,
Great everlasting Son;
Who with the Father, God most high,
Are now and ever one.

Ere you had formed the realms afar
Or all the world we see,
Before the heav'ns were made, you are
And when they fail shall be.

You made the waters like a robe
To gird the solid land;
The wandering stars, the firm fixed globe,
Were formed by your right hand.

Come, heav'nly Wisdom from on high,
And give us what we need;
Unloose our ear, unseal our eye,
And make us yours indeed.