Be Thou My Vision (Lord You Are)
By: | Eleanor Henrietta Hull | Mary Elizabeth Byrne | Shane & Shane |
Key: D
Verse 1:
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Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
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Naught be all else to me, save that thou art
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Thou my best thought, by day or by night
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Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light


Verse 2:
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Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word
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I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord
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Thou my great Father, and I thy true son
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Thou in me dwelling and I with thee one


Verse 3:
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Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise
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Thou mine in-heritance, now and al-ways
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Thou and thou only first in my heart
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High King of heaven, my treasure thou art


Chorus:
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Lord, You are more precious than silver
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Lord, You are more costly than gold
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Lord You are more beautiful than diamonds
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Nothing I   de - sire   com - pares with You


Verse 4:
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High King of heaven, my victory won
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May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's sun
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Heart of my own heart, what-ever be-fall
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Still be my vision, O ruler of all