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Text:O Clavis David
Translator:A. J. Beresford Hope
Tune:O CLAVIS DAVID

20a. O Clavis David

O Key of David and sceptre of the house of Israel, you who opens and no one shuts, shuts and no one opens: Come and loose the pris'ner from the prison house, and those who sit in darkness, from the shadow of death.

Text Information
First Line: O Key of David and sceptre
Title: O Clavis David
Translator: A. J. Beresford Hope (1846)
Language: English
Publication Date: 2024
Scripture:
Topic: Advent
Notes: [Latin, 8th cen.,] tr. by A.J. Beresford Hope in Sacred Hymns and Anthems (1846), alt.
Tune Information
Name: O CLAVIS DAVID
Incipit: 73323 12171 1
Key: d minor or modal
Source: Liber Usualis



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