Time&Eternity

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Wallin’s version of the hymn in Svps1937 590,7, where it says at the place cited here: “och
ditt namn där evigt ära” (and there eternally honor your name). In Sv ps 570,6, time appears
as the subject, which is extremely rare: “Fördolda tid .l.l. / När för du mig min Frälsare
till möte, när når min själ sin vila i hans sköte / och smakar evighetens frid, fördolda
tid?” (Hidden time.l.l. when will you lead me to meet my Savior, when will my soul reach
its resting place in his bosom and taste the peace of eternity, oh hidden time?), text by Johann
E. Schmidt (1714) and Carl Jonas E. Hasselberg (1927), revised.
244. GL 469, text by Erhard Quack (1965).
245. Sv ps 392,2: “.l.l. O, sakrament, som oss i nåd bereder / att Gud, den evige, på jorden
se,” text by Elis Erlandsson (1935).
246. EG 225,2, text by Friedrich Walz (1964).
247. Sv ps 174,3: “.l.l. dolt som vatten under jorden, dolt som vind i trädets krona .l.l. ,”
text based on the Norwegian hymn “Herre, når din time kommer” by Svein Ellingsen
(1976), translated by Olle Nivenius (1980).
248. Sv ps 174,4.
249. Thus, Ellingsen himself describes Sv ps 174 as a summary of what he is attempting
to communicate through all his texts, namely, “en levendegjøring av håpets dimensjon
i vår kristne tro” (bringing to life the dimension of hope in our Christian faith), Ellingsen,
Skjult som vind I treets krone, 54.
250. AHB 540,5: “How shall we love thee, holy, hidden Being, / if we love not the
world which thou hast made?”; text by Laurence Housman (1865–1959).
251. “You who hold the time in your hands, Lord .l.l. / A person’s day and works are
transitory: / You alone will remain. / Only God’s year lasts forever and forever, / Therefore,
turn every day towards you, .l.l. / You alone are called the Eternal One / and [you alone]
know the beginning, the end and the middle / in the passing of our times: / continue to be
merciful to us .l.l. ,” EG 64,1.3.6 (= GL 157), text by Jochen Klepper (1938). Cf. also GL
293,3: “Es steht in deinen Händen die Zeit und Lebensfrist” (Time and the duration of life
are in your hands), text by Caspar Ulenberg (1582), based on Ps. 31, revised in 1971; and EG
199,5: “Gott steht am Anbeginn, / und er wird alles enden. / In seinen starken Händen /
liegt Ursprung, Ziel und Sinn” [God stands at the beginning, / and he will end all / In his
strong hands / lie the origin, the goal, and the meaning], text by Markus Jenny (1970),
based on the Dutch “God heeft het eerste woord” by Jan Wit (1965).
252. “From his radiance and light / he enters into your night: / And all that frightens
you / shall be destroyed,” EG 379,4 (= GL 290,4), text by Jochen Klepper (1938).
253. EG 515,9: “.l.l. Sei gepriesen, du öffnest uns die Zukunft! .l.l.” (Be praised, you are
opening up the future to us!), text based on the Italian hymn to the sun by Francis of Assisi
(1225).
254. Sv ps 27,3 (= Ps90 866): “.l.l. du, .l.l. som är evig; som är nu,” text by Kerstin Anér
(1946).
255. Ps90 810,1–3, text by Tomas Boström (1992).
256. EG 631(632),5, text by Jürgen Henkys (1979), based on the Dutch “Zalige ure!” by
Dirk R. Camphuysen (1624). The text of the stanza quoted here is a free translation by
Henkys.
257. AHB 107,4: “He shall for ever reign, / ruler of time and space, / God in the midst
of men, / seen in the human face .l.l. ,” text by Fred Kaan (1929–).
258. Cf. the already quoted EG 225,2: “Wir haben sein Versprechen: Er nimmt sich für
uns Zeit” (We have his promise: He will take time for us), text by Friedrich Walz (1964).
259. Sv ps 342,3: “.l.l. Gud har tid att lyssna .l.l.” (God has time to listen), text by Anders
Frostenson (1960). That one is speaking here of hearing the twittering of birds is of little
significance. Cf. also Sv ps 499,2–5, text by Anders Frostenson (1965, 1981), which is