O Clavis David

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O Key of David and sceptre

Translator: A. J. B. Beresford Hope (1846)
Tune: [O Wisdom, which camest out of the mouth of the most high]
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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.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #20a

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Translator: A. J. B. Beresford Hope

Hope, Alexander James Beresford, LL.D., born Jan. 25, 1820, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, was M.P. for his University for several years, and died Oct. 20, 1887. He is connected with hymnology through his Hymns of the Church, literally translated, for the use of English Congregations, Lond., J. & F. Rivington. 1844. None of these translations have come into common use. In the Cambridge University Calendar he is entered as “Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	O Key of David and sceptre
Title:	O Clavis David
Original Language:	Latin
Translator:	A. J. B. Beresford Hope (1846)
Source:	V. 4 of "O Wisdom, which camest out of the mouth of the most High"
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain