594 | Chalice Hymnal#595 | 596 |
Text: | Be Thou My Vision |
Translator: | Mary E. Byrne |
Versifier: | Eleanor H. Hull |
Tune: | SLANE |
Harmonizer: | Carlton R. Young |
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 redeemer, my love thou hast won,
thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.
3 Riches I heed not, nor vain empty praise,
thou mine inheritance, now and always:
thou and thou only, first in my heart,
Great God of heaven, my treasure thou art.
3 Great God of heaven, my victory won,
may I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun!
Heart of my heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart |
Title: | Be Thou My Vision |
Translator: | Mary E. Byrne (1905) |
Versifier: | Eleanor H. Hull (1912, alt.) |
Meter: | 10 10.9 10 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Topic: | Life of Discipleship: Prayer and Guidance; God's Church: Life of Discipleship: Prayer and Guidance; Aspiration(5 more...) |
Source: | Irish song (8th century) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SLANE |
Harmonizer: | Carlton R. Young (1963) |
Meter: | 10 10.9 10 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Traditional Irish melody |
Copyright: | Harm. © 1964 The United Methodist Publishing House |