Be Thou my Vi-sion, O Lord of my heart;
Nought be all else to me, save that Thou art—
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Wak-ing or sleep-ing, Thy pres-ence my light.
Be Thou my Wis-dom, and Thou my true Word;
I ev-er with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Fa-ther, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwell-ing, and I with Thee one.
Rich-es I heed not, nor man's emp-ty praise,
Thou my in-her-i-tance, now and al-ways:
Thou and Thou on-ly, first in my heart,
High King of heav-en, my Trea-sure Thou art.
High King of heav-en, my vic-to-ry won,
May I reach heav-en's joys, O bright heav'n's Sun!
Heart of my own heart, what-ev-er be-fall,
Still be my Vi-sion, O Ru-ler of all.