O Clavis David

The O Antiphon for December 20:

O Clavis David (O Key of David)
Isaiah 22:15-25 / Isaiah 9:6-7 / Revelation 3:7

O Clavis David,[image error]

et sceptrum domus Israel,
qui aperis, et nemo claudit;
claudis, et nemo aperit:
veni, et educ vinctum
de domo carceris,
sedentem in tenebris,
et umbra mortis.

O Key of David
and scepter of the house of Israel,
you open and no one can close,
you close and no one can open:
Come and rescue the prisoners
who are in darkness
and the shadow of death.