Vær velsignet, Naade-Throne

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1 Vær velsignet, Naade-Throne,
Tusind Gange, at du var
Villig Synden at forsone,
Som dig selv fortørnet har!
O, hvor fylder himmelsk Lyst,
Tak og Kjærlighed mit Bryst,
Naar jeg ved dit Kors betænker,
Jesus, hvad din Død mig skjænker!

2 Jeg omfavner dine mange
Purpurrøde Slag og Saar,
Og velsigner tusind Gange
Hvert et Naglegab og Skaar!
O, hvo kan,–min Salighed!
Al den Længsels Tørst, du led,
For mig Arme løs at rive,
O, hvo kan den Tørst beskrive!

3 Kom, min Læge, at forbinde
Mit forknuste Sind og Mod!
Lad mit arme Hjerte finde
Redning i din Død og Blod!
Tag den ganske Skade bort,
Sommig Adams Fald har gjort,
Og jeg selv har bragt til Veie,–
Løs mig ved dit blodig Leie!

4 Skriv mig, Jesus, dine Vunder,
Blod og Død i Sjælen ind,
At jeg ser dem alle Stunder
Trykt og prentet i mit Sind!
Du alene er den Mand,
Som min sjæl husvale kan;
Her for dine Fødder bøiet
Bli'r mit Hjerte Trøst tilføiet.

5 Disse Fødder vil jeg holde
Som min Sjæls den faste Stavn,
Mine Hænder vil jeg folde,
Og dig spende i min Favn.
Lad mig finde Ly og Læ
Under dette Livsens Træ!
Sig: Lad Sorgen borte blive,
Jeg vil al din Synd tilgive.

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #334

Translator (Norwegian): Hans Adolf Brorson

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Translator (German): Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (b. Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany, 1607; d. Lubben, Germany, 1676), famous author of Lutheran evangelical hymns, studied theology and hymnody at the University of Wittenberg and then was a tutor in Berlin, where he became friends with Johann Crüger. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin (1651-1657) and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin (1657-1666). Friederich William, the Calvinist elector, had issued an edict that forbade the various Protestant groups to fight each other. Although Gerhardt did not want strife between the churches, he refused to comply with the edict because he thought it opposed the Lutheran "Formula of Concord," which con­demned some Calvinist doctrines. Consequently, he was r… Go to person page >

Author: St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard of Clairvaux, saint, abbot, and doctor, fills one of the most conspicuous positions in the history of the middle ages. His father, Tecelin, or Tesselin, a knight of great bravery, was the friend and vassal of the Duke of Burgundy. Bernard was born at his father's castle on the eminence of Les Fontaines, near Dijon, in Burgundy, in 1091. He was educated at Chatillon, where he was distinguished for his studious and meditative habits. The world, it would be thought, would have had overpowering attractions for a youth who, like Bernard, had all the advantages that high birth, great personal beauty, graceful manners, and irresistible influence could give, but, strengthened in the resolve by night visions of his mother (who had died in 1… Go to person page >

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Kirkesalmebog #d680

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Kirkesalmebog #334

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M. B. Landstads Kirkesalmebog og "Nokre Salmar" ved Professor Dr. E. Blix, samt følgende tillæg #334

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Psalmebog, udgiven af Synoden for den norske evangelisk-lutherske Kirke i Amerika (2nd ed.) #210

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Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #334

Salmebog udgiven af Synoden for den norsk-evang. luth. kirke i Amerika. Rev. ed. #d480

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