Send mig vinger, vær nu snar

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Send mig vinger, vær nu snar

Translator: M. B. Landstad; Author: Aemilie Juliane, Gräfin von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Published in 5 hymnals

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1 Send mig Vinger, vær nu snar!
Jeg vil flyve af min Rede;
Ak, hvor salig den, som var,
Herre Jesus, i din Glæde!
Jeg vil op til Himmerig,
Jesus, tag min Sjæl til dig!

2 Ingensteds paa Verdens Jord
Findes Hvilen, som tiltrænges,
Dine søde Elskovs-Ord
Volde mig nu saart at længes,
Saa jeg kaster alt fra mig,
Jesus, tag min Sjæl til dig!

3 Her har jeg ei Blivested,
Borgerskabet i Guds Rige
Har min Jesus mig bered,
Verden al, du bort maa vige!
Bort al Synd og Satans Svig!
Jesus, tag min Sjæl til dig!

4 Døden kom for Syndens Skyld,
Hjælp mig, Herre Jesus, over!
Og min Hjertens Bøn opfyld,
At jeg sødt i dig hensover,
Frelst fra alt, som frister mig;
Jesus, tag min Sjæl til dig!

5 Lad forinden al min Synd
Være ved dit Blod udslettet!
Kom ihu, hvad du med Fynd
Har i Daabens Bad udrettet,
Og ved Bordet naaderig–
Jesus, tag min Sjæl til dig!

6 Herre Jesus, du er min,
Jeg har dig i Troen fundet,
Du er min, og jeg er din,
Thi du har mig til dig bundet,
Søgt mig, kjøbt mig, vundet mig,
Jesus, tag min Sjæl til dig!

7 Dig befaler jeg min Aand,
Du for din Døds Skyld det gjore,
Hold mig med din høire Haand,
Og oplad mig Himlens Døre!
Ja, du kommer sagtelig!
Jesus, tag min Sjæl til dig!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #620

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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: Aemilie Juliane, Gräfin von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Emilie Juliane was daughter of Count Albert Friedrich of Barby and Mühlingen (on the Elbe, near its junction with the Saale). During the Thirty Years' war her father and family had to seek refuge in the Heidecksburg, the castle of his uncle, Count Ludwig Günther of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt, and Emilie was born at the Heidecksburg, Aug. 16, 1637. After the death of her father (1641) and mother (1642), she was adopted by her mother's sister (who was her godmother, and had become the wife of Count Ludwig Günther), and was educated at Rudolstadt with her cousins, under the care of Dr. Ahasuerus Fritsch, and other tutors. She became the wife of her cousin, Albert Anton, July 7, 1665, and died at Rudolstadt, Dec. 3, 1706 (Koch, iv. 56-63; Allg.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Send mig vinger, vær nu snar
Author:	Aemilie Juliane, Gräfin von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Translator:	M. B. Landstad
Language:	Norwegian
Copyright:	Public Domain