Jerusalem, höj upp din röst

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1 Jerusalem, höj upp din röst
och dotter Sion, fatta tröst.
Din konung kommer, och hans hand
skall råda över alla land.

2 En sanningens och nådens tolk
till världens konungar och folk,
han kommer, frid hans hälsning är,
och kärleken hans spira bär.

3 Ett salighetens sändebud
till jordens barn från jordens Gud,
han kommer, hoppet föregår,
och glädjen följer i hans spår.

4 All världen stämme upp med fröjd:
Pris vare Gud i himlens höjd!
Välsignad blive jordens krets
och mänskan bättrad och tillfreds.

Source: Den svenska psalmboken med tillägg (tredje utgåvan) #106

Author: Johan Olaf Wallin

Johan Olaf Wallin was born at Stora Tuna, in 1779, and early displayed his poetical powers. In 1805, and again in 1809, he gained the chief prize for poetry at Upsala. In the latter year he became pastor at Solna; here his ability as a preacher was so striking that he was transferred to Stockholm, in 1815, as "pastor primarius," a title for which we have no exact equivalent. In 1818 he was made Dean of Westeras, and set about the task of editing a revised hymn-book for the whole of Sweden. This task he completed in 1819, and published it as, Den Swenska Psalmboken, af Konungen gillad och stadfästad (The Swedish hymn-book, approved and confirmed by the King). To it he contributed some 150 hymns of his own, besides translations and recasting… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Jerusalem, höj upp din röst
Author: Johan Olaf Wallin
Language: Swedish
Copyright: Public Domain

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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