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SDA Hymnal 547

Be Thou My Vision

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1Be 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.

2Be Thou my wisdom, Be Thou my true word;
I ever with Thee, Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, Thy son, what
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

3Riches I heed not, Nor man's empty praise;
Thou mine inheritance, her-it-ance,
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art.

4High King of heaven, When victory is won,
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun!
Heart of my own heart, what-ev-er befall,
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

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10.10.9.10
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Verse 1

Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/10A
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art/˘//˘˘/˘//10A
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,/˘//˘/˘˘/9B
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light./˘˘/˘//˘˘/10B

Verse 2

Be Thou my wisdom, Be Thou my true word;˘/˘/˘˘/˘//10A
I ever with Thee, Thou with me, Lord;˘/˘˘//˘˘/9B
Thou my great Father, Thy son, what/˘//˘//˘8C
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one./˘˘/˘˘˘˘//10D

Verse 3

Riches I heed not, Nor man's empty praise;/˘˘/˘˘//˘/10A
Thou mine inheritance, her-it-ance,////˘˘???9B
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,/˘//˘/˘˘/9C
High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art.//˘/˘˘/˘//10C

Verse 4

High King of heaven, When victory is won,//˘/˘//˘˘˘/11A
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun!˘˘//˘/˘//˘/11A
Heart of my own heart, what-ev-er befall,/˘˘////˘˘/10B
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all./˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/10B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.