Be Thou My Vision

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.

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.

Be Thou my bat­tle shield

sword for the fight;

Be Thou my dig­ni­ty

Thou my de­light;

Thou my soul’s shel­ter

Thou my high tow­er:

Raise Thou me heav’n­ward

O pow­er of my pow­er.

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.

High King of Heav­en

my vic­to­ry on

May I reach Heav’n’s joys

O bright Heav­en’s sun!

Heart of my own heart

what­ev­er be­fall

Still be my vi­sion

O Rul­er of all.