Du, Herre, har i Hænde

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Du, Herre, har i Hænde

Translator: Hans Adolf Brorson; Author: Paul Gerhardt
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Du Herre, har i Hænde
De Store med de Smaa,
Dem lede kan og vende,
Som Bækkens Bande gaa:
Lad Naaden blive stor
Til alle at forlige,
Som med hverandre krige
Paa hele Verdens Jord!

2 Lad Øvrigheden smykkes
Med Himlens Lys og Ret!
Lad Regimentet lykkes
Gjør alt det tunge let!
Gjør Alderdommen vis,
De Unge Tugt at lære,
At begge Frugt maa bære
Til Herrens Lov og Pris!

3 Lad hver en Sjæl sig fryde
I Jesu sande Tro,
Lad alle Huse nyde
Velsignelse og ro!
Fordriv den onde Aand,
Som mod din Virkning strider,
At Naaden alle tider
Kan have Overhaand!

4 Lad al vor Vandring være
Dig kjær, o Herre Gud!
At, naar man os skal bære
Engang i Døden ud,–
Naar her er sagt god Nat,
Da lad os salig drage
Fra denne Verdens Plage
Til Himlens Glæde-Skat!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #564

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Translator: Hans Adolf Brorson

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Author: 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 >

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