The Searcher of Hearts

Verse 1

O Lord, my inmost heart and thought Thy searching eye doth see; Where'er I rest, where'er I go, My ways are known to Thee.

Verse 2

Each spoken word, each silent thought, Thou, Lord, dost understand; Before me and behind art Thou, Restraining by Thy hand.

Verse 3

If I the wings of morning take To some remotest land, Still I shall be upheld by Thee And guided by Thy hand.

Verse 4

From Thee, O Lord, I cannot hide, Though darkness cover me; The darkness and the light of day Are both alike to Thee.

Verse 5

Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, my thoughts to know; O lead me, if in sin I stray, In paths of life to go. Amen.