Nu er os Gud miskundelig

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Nu er os Gud miskundelig

Translator: M. B. Landstad; Author: Martin Luther
Tune: [O Fader vår, barmhertig, god]
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 Nu er os Gud miskundelig,
Og han vil os velsigne,
Sit Aasyn over Jorderig
Det lader han nu skinne,
At vi hans Veie maa forstaa
Ved Livsens Lys, som tændes,
Og Jesus Krist, vor Frelser, maa
Blandt Hedningerne kjendes,
Alt Folk til Gud omvendes.

2 Nu takker, Gud, og lover dig
Dit Folk i Hedninglande,
Den hele Verden glæder sig,
Maa dine Ord vel sande,
At du selv raader Ret paa Jord,
Frir os af Syndens Snare;
Men Livsens Brød er Herrens Ord,
Guds Magt, som skal bevare
Alt Folk, ret Vei at fare.

3 Nu takker, Gud, og lover dig
Dit Folk med Idræt fager,
Din Jord bær Frugt, og bedrer sig,
Dit Ord dog Tilvækst tager!
Sign os, Gud Fader, Søn og Aand,
Sign os, og sank os sammen Med
Lov og Tak of alle Land,
Med hellig Frygt og Gammen!
Nu syng af Hjertet Amen!

4 Ære være Gud Fader i Himmerig,
Som alting haver at raade,
Deslige hans Søn evindelig,
Som frelst haver os af Vaade,
Og lovet være den Helligaand,
Som giver os af sin Naade,
Den været haver af evig Tid
Og bliver foruden al Ende.
Gud os sin Naade sende!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #28

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Translator: M. B. Landstad

Magnus Brostrup Landstad (born 7 October 1802 in Måsøy, Norway and died 8 October 1880 in Kristiania) was a Norwegian minister, psalmist and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853. This work was criticized for unscientific methods, but today it is commonly accepted that he contributed significantly to the preservation of the traditional ballads. Landstad lived with his father Hans Landstad (1771–1838) who was also a minister, first in 1806 to Øksnes, to Vinje in 1811 and to Seljord in 1819. He took a theological degree (cand. theol) in 1827, and worked after that as the resident chaplain in Gausdal for six years. After that he worked in different parishes in Telemark, Østfold befo… Go to person page >

Author: Martin Luther

Luther, Martin, born at Eisleben, Nov. 10, 1483; entered the University of Erfurt, 1501 (B.A. 1502, M.A.. 1503); became an Augustinian monk, 1505; ordained priest, 1507; appointed Professor at the University of Wittenberg, 1508, and in 1512 D.D.; published his 95 Theses, 1517; and burnt the Papal Bull which had condemned them, 1520; attended the Diet of Worms, 1521; translated the Bible into German, 1521-34; and died at Eisleben, Feb. 18, 1546. The details of his life and of his work as a reformer are accessible to English readers in a great variety of forms. Luther had a huge influence on German hymnody. i. Hymn Books. 1. Ellich cristlich lider Lobgesang un Psalm. Wittenberg, 1524. [Hamburg Library.] This contains 8 German h… Go to person page >

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