O store Gud, vi love dig, Vi sige tak evindelig

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O store Gud, vi love dig, Vi sige tak evindelig

Author (attributed to): St. Ambrose ; Translator (Norwegian): M. B. Landstad; Translator (German): Martin Luther
Tune: VOM HIMMEL HOCH
Published in 5 hymnals

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	Easy Organ Library, Vol. 52

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Representative Text

1 O store Gud, vi love dig,
Vi sige Tak evindelig!
Al Verden sander det og veed,
At du er End af Evighed.

2 Al Engles Hob og Himlens Hær,
Lov, Tak og Pris for Thronen bær,
Og Sangen af Serafer gaar
Saa langt, som himlens Hvælving naar:

3 "Du hellig, hellig, hellig er,
Gud Zebaot, vor Herre kjær,
Og fund er Himlen al og Jord
Udaf din Guddoms Ære stor!"

4 Profeter og Apostle glad
Og dine Vidner, Rad paa Rad,
De staa for dig i Livsens Sal
Med Takkefang i Tusindtal.

5 Din Kirstenhed paa denne Jord
Bekjender dig og paa dig tror
Som Faderen af Evighed,
Hvis Magt ei Maal og Ende veed.

6 Og Sønnen, den erbaarne, som
Fra dig til Verdens Frelse kom,
Samt Heligaand, vor Trøster sand,
Høilovet over alle land.

7 O Kriste, Ærens Konge prud,
Du er Guds Søn og evig Gud,
Stor Kjærlighed dig til os drog,
Du os at frelse Manddom tog.

8 Den haarde Dødens Braad du brød
Og vandt os Livet ved din Dod.
Dig binder ikke Dødens Baand,
Du sidder hos Guds høire Haand.

9 Gjenkommer med Guds Vælde stor,
At holde Dommedag paa Jord.
Thi hjælp os nu, vær deres Trøst,
Som du saa dyre har forløst!

10 Reed os et Rum i himmerig
Blandt dem, som samlet er hos dig!
Dit Folk til Hjælp, o Kristus, kom,
Velsign din Arv og Ejendom!

11 Opløft os, led os, vis os Vei,
Til evig Tid forlad os ei!
Vi flokkes glade i din Favn,
Hver Dag velsigne vi dit Navn.

12 Tag os, trofaste Gud, i Agt,
Lad ingen Synd i os faa Magt!
O vær os naadig, Herre Gud,
Vær naadig alt til Enden ud!

13 Gud være os miskundelig,
Som vi og haabet har paa dig!
Vi tror derpaa og trøstes ved,
Vi rokkes ei i Evighed.

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #10

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Author (attributed to): St. Ambrose

Ambrose (b. Treves, Germany, 340; d. Milan, Italy, 397), one of the great Latin church fathers, is remembered best for his preaching, his struggle against the Arian heresy, and his introduction of metrical and antiphonal singing into the Western church. Ambrose was trained in legal studies and distinguished himself in a civic career, becoming a consul in Northern Italy. When the bishop of Milan, an Arian, died in 374, the people demanded that Ambrose, who was not ordained or even baptized, become the bishop. He was promptly baptized and ordained, and he remained bishop of Milan until his death. Ambrose successfully resisted the Arian heresy and the attempts of the Roman emperors to dominate the church. His most famous convert and disciple w… Go to person page >

Translator (Norwegian): 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 >

Translator (German): 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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First Line:	O store Gud, vi love dig, Vi sige tak evindelig
Translator (German):	Martin Luther
Author (attributed to):	St. Ambrose
Translator (Norwegian):	M. B. Landstad
Language:	Norwegian
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

VOM HIMMEL HOCH

Initially Luther used the folk melody associated with his first stanza as the tune for this hymn. Later he composed this new tune for his text. VOM HIMMEL HOCH was first published in Valentin Schumann's Geistliche Lieder in 1539. Johann S. Bach (PHH 7) used Luther's melody in three places in his wel…

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