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.
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
Anointing of David, 3rd century
VENI, Clavis Davidica,
regna reclude caelica,
fac iter tutum superum,
et claude vias inferum
Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,
nascetur pro te Israel!
Icon of Christ Liberating the Captives in Hell- The Dark Church, Cappadocia 
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