Search me, O God, my actions try

Verse 1

Search me, O God! my actions try, And let my life appear As seen by Thine all searching eye— To mine my ways make clear.

Verse 2

Search all my sense and know my heart, Who only canst make known, And let the deep, the hidden part, To me be fully shown.

Verse 3

Throw light into the darkened cells Where passions reign within; Quicken my conscience till it feels The loathsomeness of sin.

Verse 4

Search all my thoughts, the secret springs, The motives that control; The chambers where polluted things Hold empire o’er the soul.

Verse 5

Search, till Thy fiery glance hast cast Its holy light thro’ all, And I by grace am brought at last Before Thy face to fall.

Verse 6

Thus prostrate, I shall learn of Thee What I now feebly prove, That God alone in Christ can be Unutterable love.