Herre Gud, du som min Fader est

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Herre Gud, du som min Fader est

Author: Johann Matthesius; Translator: Kristoffer Eriksøn
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Herre Gud, du som min Fader est,
Jeg beder dig ved Jesum Christ,
Paa hans Ord, Ed og haarde Død,
Hør os og hjælp i Angst og Nød!

2 Giv os dit Ord og styrk vor Aand,
Saa vi dig villig tjene kan,
Giv Venner, Fred og dagligt Brød,
Bevar vort Land fra alskens Nød!

3 Fri os fra Djævel, Synd og Død,
fra Legemets og Sjælens Nød,
En salig Time mig beskjær,
Dit Riget, Magten, Æren er!

4 Amen, o Gud, i Jesu Navn,
Ophold min Tro til evigt Gavn,
Du est alen Fader min,
Gjør mig til Barn og Arving din!

Source: Psalmebog, udgiven af Synoden for den norske evangelisk-lutherske Kirke i Amerika (2nd ed.) #189

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Author: Johann Matthesius

Mathesius, Johannes, son of Wolfgang Mathesius, town councillor at Rochlitz, was born at Rochlitz, June 24, 1504. He studied for a short time at the University of Ingolstadt. Thereafter he acted as family tutor at Odelzhausen, near Munich, where, in 1526, he found Luther's Von den guten Werken (Wittenberg, 1523); and then while living at Bruck (Fürstenfeld-bruck), near Munich, read two of Luther's tractates on the Holy Communion. Attracted thus to Wittenberg he matriculated there May 30, 1529, studied with great zeal and graduated M.A. in 1530. In the end of 1530 he joined the staff of the school at Altenburg, and in the spring of 1532 was appointed rector of the gymnasium at Joachimsthal in Bohemia. He resigned this post in 1540, and retu… Go to person page >