Som dend Gyldne Sool frembryder
Som dend Gyldne Sool frembryder
Giennem dend kulsorte Sky,
Og sin straale-Glands udskyder,
Saa at Mørk og Molm maa fly,
Saa min JEsus aff sin Grav,
Og det dybe Dødsens Hav
Opstood ærefuld aff Døde,
Imod Paaske Morgen-røde.
Tak, O store Seyer-HErre,
Tak, O Livsens Himmel-Helt,
Som ey Døden kund' indsperre
I det Helved-mørke Telt!
Tak fordi at op Du stood
Og fik Døden under Food!
Ingen Tunge kand dend Glæde
Med tilbørlig Lov udqvæde.
Jeg kand finde i mit hierte,
At min Siæl har Trøst der aff,
Som kand lindre ald min smerte,
Naar Jeg mindes kun din Grav,
Og betænker hvor du laa
Udi Dødsens fæle Vraa,
Og stood op med Krafft og Ære,
Hvad kand større Glæde være.
Ligger Jeg i syndsens Boye,
Ligger Jeg i Armod ned,
Ligger Jeg i sygdoms Koye,
Ligger Jeg i Uselhed;
Ligger Jeg fortrængt, forhadt,
Og aff Verden slet forladt,
Skal Jeg Huus i Graven tage,
O her er dog haab tilbage.
Du for synden engang døde,
Der med er min synd betalt;
Armod, Uselhed og Møde,
Ja min sygdom bar du alt;
Jeg ved dig opreyses skal,
Og aff Dødsens dybe Dal
Skal Jeg hovedet oprette,
Ald min Nød kand det forlette.
Synd og Død og alle Pile,
Som at Satan skyde kand,
Ligger brudte ved din hvile
Udi Gravens mørke Land!
Der begrov du dem, og gav
Mig en sikker Trøste-stav,
At ved din opreisnings ære
Jeg skal seyer-Palmer bære.
Som Guds Søn Jeg dig nu kiender,
Og seer din Aldmægtighed,
Din opstandelse indspender
Hvad Jeg troer og hvad Jeg veed,
Mig til salighed og haab,
Ja min Christendommes Daab
I din Død er som et Billed
Og opstandelse fremstilled.
Du til Livet mig skal vekke
Ved din stor' opreisnings Krafft!
Lad kun Jorden mig bedekke,
Orme tære ald min safft,
Ild og Vand opsluge mig!
Jeg døer i dend Troe til dig,
At Jeg skal til Liv opstande
Udaff Dødsens grumme Lande.
Søde JEsu, giv mig Naade
Ved din gode hellig Aand,
At Jeg saa min Gang kand raade
Og Veyledes ved din haand,
At Jeg ey skal falde hen
Udi Dødsens svelg igien,
Hvor aff du mig engang rykte,
Der du Døden undertrykte.
Tak for ald din Fødsels Glæde,
Tak for dit det Guddoms Ord,
Tak for Daabens hellig Væde,
Tak for Naaden paa dit Bord,
Tak for Dødsens bittre Vee,
Tak for din Opstandelse,
Tak for Himlen du har inde,
Der skal Jeg dig see og finde.
Like the sun in golden splendour
Like the sun in golden splendour
Breaks through clouds as black as night,
Forcing dark and gloom’s surrender
With its radiant shafts of light,
So did Jesus from his grave
And death’s sea’s abysmal cave
Rise in glory, death now scorning
At first blush of Easter morning.
Thanks to thee, from death arisen
And that thou its hold couldst quell
Since it thee could not imprison,
In its tent pitch-black as hell.
Thanks to thee, victorious lord,
Heaven’s hero, much adored.
Proper joy one can but stutter,
For no tongue full praise can utter.
Deep within my heart is something,
Solace which the soul can find,
Which can soothe the pain forthcoming
When thy grave just fills my mind,
And reflect on where thou layst
In death’s endless empty space,
And rose up in power and splendour,
What can greater joy engender?
Should I lie in sin’s foul fetters,
Should I lie by sickness spent,
Should I lie midst worldly debtors
Should I lie by sorrows pent,
Should I lie despised, distressed,
By the world so sore oppressed,
In the grave I’ll make my dwelling,
There’s still hope beyond all telling.
For man’s sin thou paidst most dearly,
Death for me thou hast endured;
I, once wretched, poor and weary,
Also sick, by thee am cured.
I through thee from death’s dark vale
Shall be raised up, whole and hale,
Hold my head erect, unfearing,
All distress see disappearing.
Sin and death and every arrow
Which foul Satan can let fly
Since death’s dark land thee would harrow
Broken and defeated lie!
Thou didst bury them, and give
Me a staff to surely live
So when thou shalt come in glory
I’ll wave victor’s palms fronds for thee.
As God’s Son I now do own thee,
Thy omnipotence perceive,
Your defeat of death has shown me
What I know and I believe,
Blessedness and hope for me,
My baptism’s certainty,
In thy death are like an image
And thy resurrection’s message.
Thou one day to life willst raise me
By thy resurrective power
Let the earth conceal, erase me,
Worms my very juice devour,
Fire and water me consume!
I lie trusting in my tomb
That to life I shall be taken,
In death’s realm not lie forsaken.
Jesus, thy sweet mercy show me,
By thy holy spirit bred,
So my life’s course I can show thee,
When it by thy hand is led,
So I shall not fall again
Into death’s abyss of pain,
Out of which thou once retrievst me,
Where thou death suppressed completely.
For the joy thy birth’s professing
For thy Godhead’s healing word,
For baptism’s holy blessing,
For communion’s joy conferred,
For the quelling of death’s dread,
For thy rising from the dead,
Lord, I thank thee unconfinedly
That in heaven I shall find thee.
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