The 'O' Antiphons - O Clavis David

(The "O" Antiphons, so called because each one addresses the God who comes in Christ with a different biblical title, beginning with the invocation "O," are prayed in the 7 days leading up to Christmas.)

O Clavis David (Key of David)

O key of David, hailed by those
In fetters long confined;
For where you open, none may close,
Nor where you loosen, bind;

Without one ray of light around
To comfort and to cheer,
Poor pris'ners we in fetters bound,
Await your drawing near.

You, only you, can loose the chain,
You only end our woe,
You only give us light again,
And let the captives go.