Der staar en Mand og takker Gud

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Der staar en Mand og takker Gud

Author: Birgitte K. Boye; Adapter: M. B. Landstad
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Der staar en Mand og takker Gud,
At han er ei som andre,
At han i alle Lovens Bud
Kan ret og rigtig vandre,
Han drister paa sin egen Dyd;
Den Daarskab, Herre Jesus, bryd!
At vi for dig i Bønne-Stund
De skyldig' Pund
Maa mindes ret af Hjertens Grund!

2 Men Tolderen, som knapt sin Fod
Tør i Guds Temple sætte,
Han for sig selv langt borte stod,
Gik med sig selv i Rette,
Og brast med Sorg i sukke ud:
O, vær mig Synder naadig, Gud!
Hans Bod var sand, hans Længsel stor,
Han Naaden tror,
Og Gud til Hjerte gik hans Ord.

3 Thi Kristus siger, denne Mand,
Som syntes saa uværdig,
Hso Gud i Himlen Naade fandt,
Og han gik hjem refærdig.
O Gud, lær os at bede saa,
At vi og kan din Naade faa,
Og saa gaa hjem med Synd forladt,
Og Dag og Nat
Velsigne dig, vort Hjertes Skat!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #509

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Author: Birgitte K. Boye

Birgitte was born on March 7, 1742, in Gentofte, Denmark. She was the daughter of Jens Johansen. Boye married a supreme court judge in Copenhagen, Denmark. She found time to study German, French and English and translated hymns into Danish from these languages. As a hymnist, she was involved with Guldbergs og Harboes Psalmebog (Ove Guldberg’s and Ludvig Harboe’s Psalter), to which she contributed 146 hymns. She also produced "national dramatic writing." She died on October 17, 1824. Sources: Julian, p. 1001 & Stulken, p. 145 Go to person page >

Adapter: 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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