1. Be thou my vision. O Lord of my heart, Naught be all else to me, save that thou art; Thou my best thought in the day and the night, Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

2. Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word, I ever with thee, and thou with me Lord; Thou my great Father, and I thy true son; Thou in me dwelling, and I with the one.

3. Be thou my breast-plate, my sword for the fight; Be thou my armour, and be thou my might; Thou my soul’s shelter, and thou my high tower Raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

4. Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise, Thou mine inheritance through all my days; Thou, and thou only, the first in my heart, High King of heaven, my treasure thou art!

5. High King of heaven, when the battle is done, Grant heaven’s joy to me, O bright heaven’s sun, Christ of my own heart, whatever befall, Still be my vision, O rulet of all.