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The Word of God keep in our heart,

And lead us safely yonder;
Then, sanctified, for evermore,

In Christ alone confiding,
We’ll sing His praise and Him adore,
His precious Word us guiding
To heavenly joys abiding.

(Rendered into English by Augustus Nelson.)

Of the last named edition there is now in existence
only a fragmentary copy containing ten hymns, four
being written by Olavus Petri himself. The Psalm
Book of 1536 contained four additional hymns from his
pen, the others being translations or elaborations of old
Latin hymns or German Reformation songs. One
example from this edition is No. 46 in the present
hymn-ody of the Church of Sweden. The corresponding
hymn by Luther contains ten stanzas, Olavus Petri
having left out stanzas 7, 8, and 10, and added one of
his own, the triumphant closing stanza of the Swedish
hymn:

We thank Thee, Lord, for boundless grace,

And sing Thy praise forever,
For granting us in dire distress

Thine everlasting favor.
Both death and hell were stricken down,
When Thou didst for our sins atone,
O Jesus, blessed Saviour.

(Rendered into English by Ernst W. Olson.)

This hymn has since undergone many successive re-

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