Be Thou My Vision

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

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Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
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I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
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Thou my great Father, I thy true son,
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Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

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Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
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Thou mine inheritance, now and always;
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Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
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High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

High King of Heaven, my victory won,

May I reach heaven’s joys, Bright Heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.
Words by Mary E. Byrne, Music by Lyndell Leatherman