Be Thou My Vision

Verse 1
Be Thou my vi­sion, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. (Ps. 73:25, Phil. 3:8)
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleep­ing, Thy pre­sence my light.

Verse 2
Be Thou my wis­dom, and Thou my true word; (I Cor. 1:30)
I ev­er with Thee and Thou with me, Lord; (Matt. 28:20)
Thou my great Fa­ther, I Thy true son; (II Cor. 6:18, Gal. 4:6)
Thou in me dwell­ing, and I with Thee one. (John 14:23, John 15:4, John 17:21)

Verse 3
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: (Ps. 18:2, Ps. 61:3)
Raise Thou me heav’n­ward, O pow­er of my pow­er.

Verse 4
Riches I heed not, nor man’s emp­ty praise, (John 12:43)
Thou mine in­her­it­ance, now and al­ways: (Ps. 16:5)
Thou and Thou on­ly, first in my heart, (Deut. 6:5)
High King of Heav­en, my trea­sure Thou art.

Verse 5
High King of Heav­en, my vic­to­ry won, (I Cor. 15:57)
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.