Min Jesu, Grund til al vor Lyst

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Min Jesu, Grund til al vor Lyst

Translator: Hans Adolf Brorson; Author: J. J. Rambach
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Min Jesus, Grund til al vor Lyst,
Og Frydens rette Sæde,
Hvad klemmer dog dit milde Bryst,
Du hele Verdens Glæde?
Hvad er det for en bitter Ting,
Der gjør dig Hjerte-Stød og Sting,
At du saa dybt maa sukke?

2 Du ser Guds Villede er skjændt,
Som var i Sjælen inde,
Det Lys, deri af Gud var tændt,
Du kan ei mere finde;
Det Mesterstykke af Guds Haand,
Vor Tunge, ser du nu i Baand,
Af Synd og Satan lænket.

3 Men du gaar midt paa Pladsen ind,
Blandt dem, der lide ilde,
Og aabner med forgtynget Sind
Dit Hjertes Naadekilde.
Det Suk, man af dig høre fik,
Ind for os i Guds Hjerte gik,
Hans Kjærlighed at finde.

4 O Frelser, lad dig "Effata!"
Min Mund og Hjerte røre,
Saa skal du et Halleluja
Af begge faa at høre!
O, at dit Broder-Hjerte maa
I al vor Nød os aabent staa,
Da kan os intet fattes!

5 Naar Døden i min sidste Stund
Vil Mund og Mæle lukke,
Da fyld mit ganske Hjertes Grund
Med himmeltrængend' Sukke!
Før selv for Thronen mine Ord,
Og Sjælen ind i Englekor,
Hvor alle Suk har Ende!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #513

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Translator: Hans Adolf Brorson

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Author: J. J. Rambach

Rambach, Johann Jakob, D.D., son of Hans Jakob Rambach, cabinet maker at Halle on the Saale, was born at Halle, Feb. 24, 1693. In 1706 he left school and entered his father's workshop, but, in the autumn of 1707, he dislocated his ankle. During his illness he turned again to his schoolbooks; the desire for learning reawoke; and on his recovery, early in 1708, he entered the Latin school of the Orphanage at Halle (Glaucha). On Oct. 27, 1712, he matriculated at the University of Halle as a student of medicine, but soon turned his attention to theology. He became specially interested in the study of the Old Testament under J. H. Michaelis. In May 1715 he became one of Michaelis's assistants in preparing his edition of the Hebrew Bible, for whi… Go to person page >

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