Die XVII decembrisO Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti,
attingens a fine usque ad finem,
fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia:
veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae.
17 December — O WisdomO Wisdom, who camest forth from the mouth of the Most High,
reaching from end to end,
and ordering all things mightily and sweetly:
come and teach us the way of prudence.
Die XVIII decembrisO Adonai, et Dux domus Israel,
qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,
et ei in Sina legem dedisti:
veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento.
18 December — O AdonaiO Adonai, and Leader of the house of Israel,
who didst appear to Moses in the flame of the burning bush,
and gavest him the law on Sinai:
come and redeem us with an outstretched arm.
Die XIX decembrisO Radix Iesse, qui stas in signum populorum,
super quem continebunt reges os suum,
quem gentes deprecabuntur:
veni ad liberandum nos, iam noli tardare.
19 December — O Root of JesseO Root of Jesse, who standest for an ensign of the peoples,
before whom kings shall keep silence,
and unto whom the nations shall make supplication:
come and deliver us, and tarry not.
Die XX decembrisO 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.
20 December — O Key of DavidO Key of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel,
who openest, and no man shutteth,
who shuttest, and no man openeth:
come and bring forth the captive from the prison house,
who sitteth in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Die XXI decembrisO Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae,
et sol iustitiae:
veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris et umbra mortis.
21 December — O DayspringO Dayspring, brightness of the light eternal,
and Sun of justice:
come and enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Die XXII decembrisO Rex gentium, et desideratus earum,
lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:
veni, et salva hominem,
quem de limo formasti.
22 December — O King of the nationsO King of the nations, and their Desired,
the cornerstone, who makest both one:
come and save man,
whom thou didst form out of clay.
Die XXIII decembrisO Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,
exspectatio gentium, et Salvator earum:
veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.
23 December — O EmmanuelO Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver,
the Expectation of the nations and their Saviour:
come to save us, O Lord our God.
SourceMagnificat antiphons of 17-23 December, already commented on in the 9th century · O Wisdom, O Adonai, O Root of Jesse…: the last seven days before Christmas