Day 4 - O Antiphons, "O Key of David"

Today is the 4th day of the short prayers known as the 'O Antiphons'.  Today is the prayer known as the 'O Clavis David' or 'O Key of David'.  Jesus of the house of David has come as the key to set us all free from our sinful human bondage.  May you feel yourself drawing nearer and nearer to Christ as we progress closer and closer to our celebration of his birth into this world.

O Clavis David  (O Key of David)

Latin:
      O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel;Latin:

qui aperis, et nemo claudit;

claudis, et nemo aperit:

veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris,

sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis.

English:

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.

To listen to this prayer in Latin either cut & paste this link into your browser or highlight and right click then 'go to'.

http://www.fisheaters.com/audio/sapientia.mp3

Isaiah had prophesied:

• "I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open." Isaiah 22:22
• "His authority shall grow continually, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onwards and for evermore." Isaiah 9:7
• "...To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house."Isaiah 42:7.

Let us remember today to be active participants in His Kingdom, be His Blessing to All!

In his Glory and Grace,

Roy

"King David in Prayer" - Pieter de Grebber