12olgr's video: Nearer My God to Thee

Nearer, My God, to Thee - Ljóssins Guð leiddu mig Text: Sarah F. Adams, 1805-1848 Music: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872 Tune: BETHANY, Meter: 64.64.6664 The description of Jacob's ladder appears in the Book of Genesis Chapter 28:10 -19: Jacob left Beersheba, and went toward Haran. He came to the place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! And behold, the Lord stood above it [or "beside him"] and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your descendants; and your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves. Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done that of which I have spoken to you." Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the Lord is in this place; and I did not know it." And he was afraid, and said, "This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." Afterwards, Jacob names the place, "Bethel" (literally, "House of God"). In the Icelandic translation of Nearer My God to Thee, Jacob's Ladder, became that of Cable Ladders used by rescue teams like that of Coastguard of Iceland & Norway rescue safety, that very miracle that actually takes place when someone is for instance rescued from the open sea. Earlier also helicopters from The USA Forces in Iceland did play significant role in rescuing fishermen and many others in Iceland. Norway rescue safety search did a work par Excellence out of the coast of Norway in January, 2012. Nearer, My God, to Thee Text: Sarah F. Adams, (1805-1848) Ljóssins Guð leiddu mig Ljós þitt er lífs míns vé lýsir mér leið Krýp ég við krossins tré og kalla í neyð Æ til þín óður sé örstutt mitt æviskeið Kór: Ljóssins Guð leiddu mig líkn veittu mér Hverfist mér himinn þinn hvílíkt það fár Hrynji sem hagl um kinn höfug mín tár Hjarta og huga minn helga um eilíf ár Kór: Ljóssins Guð leiddu mig líkn veittu mér Birt mér það bjargarstig sem borgið mér fær Englar upplýsa mig þó umljúki sær Ólags í ógnum þig ákalla Kristur kær Kór: Ljóssins Guð leiddu mig líkn veittu mér Ákaft mitt ákall er í einlægri trú Duft mitt til dýrðar ger Drottinn þér nú Látlaust þér lofsöng ber lofgjörð mín eilíf sú Kór: Ljóssins Guð leiddu mig líkn veittu mér Sál mín; glitljósa glóð gneistandi spil Drottins við dýrðaróð dvelja ég vil Söngur minn ljóssins ljóð lofgjörð þér eilíf til Kór: Ljóssins Guð leiddu mig líkn veittu mér