Brødre, vender eders Blikke

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Brødre, vender eders Blikke

Author: M. B. Landstad
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Brødre! vender eders Blikke
Hen til Jøde-Folkets Brøst,
Og forhærder Hjertet ikke,
Naar I høre Herrens Røst!
Der det hed til dem: idag,
De foragtede Guds Sag,–
Se! han lader sig ei spotte,
Sjunkne ere Zions Slotte.

2 O hvor blind og hvor forhærdet,
Arme Israel, du var!
Dybt bedrøvet og forfærdet,
Staar enhver, som Hjerte har;
Tungt at tænke, saart at se
Er vor Herres Jesu Ve,
Blodig Kors og Tornekrone
Der, hvor han til Synd forsone.

3 Men der ere svundne Tider,
Lange, tunge Tider hen,
Maaske, Herre, nu omsider
De modtage dig som Ven!
Kom ihu den gamle Pagt,
Kom endnu i Aandens Magt,
Skab af Salems haarde Stene
En bodfærdig Magdalene!

4 Blodig var den Vantros Brøde,
Syndeskaalen mer end fuld,
Var de end som Purpur røde,
Kan du to dem hvid' som Uld.
O, min Frelser og min Gud,
Gak endnu i Ørken ud,
Bær det tabte Faar tilbage,
Himlens Glæde dig ledsage!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #504

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Author: 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 >

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