Dyre bord, som Jesus dækker

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1 Dyre Bord, som Jesus dækker,
Hvor han Livets Brød mig rækker,
Hvor jeg hans Blods Bæger faar,
Mig til Frelse stor i Nøden,
Men til Ansvar Dom og Døden,
Om jeg hen uværdig gaar.

2 Se, jeg kommer, Naadens Kilde,
For dit Aasyn mig at stille,
Tag imod din arme Gjæst!
Buden tager jeg her Sæde,
Før mig i dit Bryllupsklæde,
Pryd mig, som dig synes bedst!

3 O, du bedste Ven, som findes,
Herre Jesus, vil du mindes
Mig, dit Faar paa vilden Sti;
Hent mig, tag min Synderbyrde,
Hjælp mig, hjælp mig, gode Hyrde,
Til din Hegning frelst og fri!

4 Mæt min Sjæl, som hungrer ilde,
Sluk min Tørst, al Naadens Kilde!
Red mig, thi jeg er i Nød!
Vær mit Lys, jeg er bedrøvet,
Vær min Kraft, som bort er røvet,
Vær mit Liv, thi jeg er død!

5 Se, her for din Fod jeg ligger,
Synder arm, som Naade tigger,
Jesus, ak forskyd ei mig!
Naadig se til al min Smerte,
Hør det Suk, som fra mit Hjerte
Fuldt af Anger søger dig!

6 Vær velsignet, Legem, saaret,
Som har Verdens Synder baaret,
Vær velsignet, dyre Blod!
Livsens Brød og Livsens Bæger,
Som mig styrker, som mig læger,
Som gjør al min Vaande god!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #59

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Translator: 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 >

Author: Salamo Franck

Franck, Salomo, son of Jakob Franck, financial secretary at Weimar, was born at Weimar, March 6, 1659. Little is known of his early history. He probably studied at Jena, and seems thereafter to have held some appointment at Zwickau. In 1689 he became secretary of the Schwarzburg ducal administration at Arnstadt; and in 1697 of the Saxon administration and of the consistory at Jena. He was then, in 1702, appointed secretary of the consistory, librarian, and curator of the ducal collection of coins and medals at Weimar. He died at Weimar July 11, 1725 (Koch, v. 420-426; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vii. 213-214; Schauer's introduction, &c.) He was a member of the Fruitbearing Society, and the author of a considerable number of secular po… Go to person page >

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