Day 4 Antiphon

O Key of David,
opening the gates of God’s eternal Kingdom:
come and free the prisoners of darkness!

Traditional

O Key of David and scepter of the house of Israel; who open and none can shut; who shut and none can open: come and lead to freedom the prisoner who sits in darkness and the shadow of death.

Latin: O Clavis David

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.

Hymn

O come, O Key of David, come,
And open wide our heav’nly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel.

Isaiah 22:22

I will place the key of the House of David on his shoulder;
what he opens, no one will shut,
what he shuts, no one will open.

Revelation 3:7-8

“The holy one, the true,
who holds the key of David,
who opens and no one shall close,
who closes and no one shall open,
says this:
‘I know your works (behold, I have left an open door before you, which no one can close).’“

Psalm 27:4

One thing I ask of the LORD;
this I seek:
To dwell in the LORD’s house
all the days of my life,
To gaze on the LORD’s beauty,
to visit his temple.