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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal · No. 678 · Words: Anonymous (Sarum Primer, 1514)
God Be in My Head
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A brief, ancient prayer drawn from the Sarum Primer of 1514, asking God to be present in every faculty — mind, eyes, mouth, heart — and at the moment of death. Its simplicity and completeness have made it a beloved devotional text across many Christian traditions.
Verse 1
God be in my head, and in my understanding;
God be in mine eyes, and in my looking;
God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;
God be in my heart, and in my thinking;
God be at mine end, and at my departing.
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