Lyrics god be in my head

Q: Who wrote the prayer God be in my head?

Who wrote the prayer God be in my head”? Its unknown who wrote the original prayer. In the early 1900s, the prayer was turned into a hymn by the English composer Sir Henry Walford Davies.

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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(1514) Book of Hours
Who wrote the prayer God be in my head?
What is the Sarum prayer?
When was God Be In My Head written?
What is the story behind the song Here I Am Lord?

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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LYRICS

Meter:

12 10 10 10 11

Writer(s):

(1514) Book of Hours

Trans/Adapted:

Hymn Writer

(1514) Book of Hours

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Songs/Hymns written: 1

Hymn Writer

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Songs/Hymns written: 16
Translations/Adaptions: 4
Music: 33

Hymn Writer

Available on eHymnBook.org:
Songs/Hymns written: 16
Translations/Adaptions: 4
Music: 33

Hymn Writer

Available on eHymnBook.org:
Songs/Hymns written: 16
Translations/Adaptions: 4
Music: 33

Dates:

1538

Bible Refs:

1 Ki 8:57; Mk 12:28-34;

MUSIC

Music Writer

Name:	GOD BE IN MY HEAD
Meter:	12 10 10 10 11
Writer(s):
Henry Walford Davies

Henry Walford Davies
1869 - 1941 ( 71 Years )

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Music: 19

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Music Writer

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Songs/Hymns written: 16
Translations/Adaptions: 4
Music: 33

Dates: 1910

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Who wrote the prayer God be in my head?

Who wrote the prayer “God be in my head”? It's unknown who wrote the original prayer. In the early 1900s, the prayer was turned into a hymn by the English composer Sir Henry Walford Davies.

What is the Sarum prayer?

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.

When was God Be In My Head written?

This short hymn was originally in French and comes from the late 15th century and appeared in English in 1514 in a Book of Hours (digests of monastic prayers and services for people who wished to follow a monastic pattern of prayer).

What is the story behind the song Here I Am Lord?

Schutte wrote the song at age 31 when he was studying theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. He was requested to compose, on short notice, a piece for the ordination Mass of a deacon, incorporating in the lyrics God's word, of Jesus as the light, and the bread and wine of the eucharist.