“Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.” – Psalm 117:1.
Dallán Forgaill was born in 560 AD in the County Cavan, Ireland. He was blinded at a young age. He became a monk and an early Christian Irish poet. He followed St. Patrick’s ministry and his poems were often recited as part of Irish monastic tradition.
One of his poems became the song “Be Thou My Vision”.
It wasn’t until 1905 that Mary Byrne translated the song.
The best-known English version, with some minor variations, was translated by Eleanor Hull and published in 1912. Since 1919 it has been commonly sung to an Irish folk tune, noted as “Slane” in church hymnals, and is one of the most popular hymns in the United Kingdom.
Today, believers love the exalted words and Godward vision of the song just as they were hundreds of years ago by the Irish believers.
Let your vision and peace come from Jesus. Today in prayer, praise the Lord for He is worthy of our praise.
“Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Be all else but naught to me, save that Thou art;
Be Thou my best thought in the day and the night,
Both waking and sleeping, Thy presence my light.” – Dallán Forgaill
God’s Word: “For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord” – Psalm 117:2. Peter Kennedy
