O Clavis David (Advent antiphon 4)

Settings by composers

• Antoine de Mornable STTTBB (Latin)
• Robert Page SATB (English)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Carlotta Ferrari — O Antiphons

Latin text O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel; qui aperis et nemo claudit, claudis et nemo aperit. Veni et educ vinctum de domo carceris sedentes in tenebris et umbra mortis.

English translation  O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel, you open and no one can shut; you shut and no one can open: Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house, those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.