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Be Thou My Vision

from Beyond Imagination by Heidi Watterson

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This song became a favorite of mine at Northwestern College. I later composed the arrangement in a little tatami-floored room on a borrowed keyboard while living in Japan.

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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.

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 won,
May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O ruler of all.

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from Beyond Imagination, released March 22, 2016
Lyrics - Dallan Forgaill (8th Century)
Translation - Mary Byrne (1905)

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