408 | CPWI Hymnal#409 | 410 |
Text: | Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart |
Translator: | Mary Byrne, 1880-1931 |
Versifier: | Eleanor Hull, 1860-1935 |
Tune: | SLANE |
Harmonizer: | Erik Routley, 1917-1982 |
1 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,
be all else but naught to me, save that thou art;
be thou my best thought in the day and the night,
both waking and sleeping, thy presence my light.
2 Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word,
be thou ever with me, and I with thee, Lord;
be thou my great Father, and I thy true son;
be thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.
3 Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight;
be thou my whole armour, be thou my true might;
be thou my soul's shelter, be thou my strong tower:
O raise thou me heavenward, great Power of my power.
4 Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise:
be thou mine inheritance now and always;
be thou and thou only the first in my heart;
O Sovereign of heaven, my treasure thou art.
5 High King of heaven, thou heaven's bright Sun,
O grant me its joys after victory is won;
great Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be thou my vision, O Ruler of all.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart |
Irish Title: | Roh tu mo bhoile, a Comdi cride |
Translator: | Mary Byrne, 1880-1931 |
Versifier: | Eleanor Hull, 1860-1935 |
Meter: | 10.11.11.11 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Topic: | General Hymns: Christian Vocation and Witness |
Source: | c8th century Irish |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SLANE |
Harmonizer: | Erik Routley, 1917-1982 |
Meter: | 10.11.11.11 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Irish traditional melody |
Copyright: | Harmonization by permssion of Oxford University Press |