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O King of all the nations, the only joy of every human heart; O Keystone of the mighty arch of man: come and save the creature you fashioned from the dust. — translation in current Catholic Liturgy of the Hours
O come, desire of nations, bind / In one the hearts of all mankind; / Bid thou our sad divisions cease, / And be thyself our king of peace. — Verse translation in "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
O Rex Gentium — O King of the nations (or gentiles) — Psalm 2:6-8, Jeremiah 10:7, Daniel 7:14, Revelation 15:3
desideratus earum — their desired — Haggai 2:8 (in the King James translation), Malachi 3:1
lapisque angularis — and cornerstone — Ephesians 2:20, Isaiah 28:16
qui facis utraque unum — who makes both [into] one — Ephesians 2:14

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