For dig, o Herre, som Dage kun

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For dig, o Herre, som Dage kun

Author: N. F. S. Grundtvig
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 For dig, o Herre, som Dage kun
Aartufinder er at regne
For dig som intet den liden Stund
Vi aande i Støvets Egne.

2 Som Blomsten falmer hver Rosenkind,
Som Græs er de Kjæmper gjæve,
De Vises kunstige Hjernespind
Nedblæses som Spindelvæve.

3 Kun syvti her ere Støvets Aar,
De stolteste Strid og Møie,
Om otteti og den Stærke naar,
Des mere har han at døie.

4 Men hør os, Herre, i høien Hal!
Du lære os ret af Naade
At tælle paa vore Dages Tal,
Og lade din Visdom raade!

5 O giv os dog efter Striden Fred,
Og Trøst efter Suk og Klage,
Ja, mæt os aarle med Miskundhed!
Da glædes vi alle Dage.

6 Os overskinne din Herlighed,
Du Skaber af hver en Stjerne!
Da Fod vi flytte med sikre fjed,
Da lysner det i vor Hjerne.

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #163

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Author: N. F. S. Grundtvig

Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig was the son of a pastor, and was born at Udby, in Seeland, in 1783. He studied in the University of Copenhagen from 1800-1805; and, like some other eminent men, did not greatly distinguish himself; his mind was too active and his imagination too versatile to bear the restraint of the academic course. After leaving the university he took to teaching; first in Langeland, then (1808) in Copenhagen. Here he devoted his attention to poetry, literature, and Northern antiquities. In 1810 he became assistant to his father in a parish in Jutland. The sermon he preached at his ordination, on the subject "Why has the Lord's word disappeared from His house," attracted much attention, which is rarely the case with "pro… Go to person page >

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