646. Be Thou My Vision

1 Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art:
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

2 Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord:
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son,
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

3 Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art.

4 High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heav'n's Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

Text Information
First Line: Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Title: Be Thou My Vision
Translator: Mary E. Byrne (1905)
Meter: 10 10 10 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 2012
Topic: Longing for God; Petition/Prayer; Wisdom
Source: Ancient Irish; Eleanor Hull's Poem Book of the Gael, 1912, alt.
Tune Information
Name: SLANE
Arranger: Randall DeBruyn, b. 1947
Meter: 10 10 10 10
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Trad. Irish melody; Adapt: The Church Hymnary, 1927
Copyright: Arr. © 1990, OCP



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