Herre Gud, vi var i Nød

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Herre Gud, vi var i Nød

Author: M. B. Landstad
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Herre Gud, vi var i Nød,
Os stod for den visse Død
Stormen bruste over Hav,
Grov for os saa dyb en Grav,
Men, hvor høit end Søen slog,
Du af dybe Vande drog,
Og af Dødens Svælg os tog.

2 Takket være du, vor Gud,
Som os arme Synd're ud
Af den Fare haver rykt,
Vækket os ved denne Frygt!
Giv os, at din Fader-Tugt
Være maa en salig Frugt,
Blive til vor Bedring brugt!

3 Gud forlad os al vor Synd,
Drag os ud deraf med Fynd!
Ved din Aand bered os vel,
At vor arme, syndig' Sjæl
Færdig al Tid findes maa
Til fra Verden bort at gaa,
Og for Dommens Stol at staa!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #596

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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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