O Antiphon (December 20)—O Clavis David

O Key of David, And Sceptre of the House of Israel,
Who opens and no man shuts, Who shuts and no man opens:

Come,

And bring forth the captive from his prison,
He who sits in darkness and in the shadow of death. Amen.

O Clavis David, 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.