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.
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.
3. Throw light into the darkened cells, Where passion reigns within ; Quicken my conscience till it feels The loathsomeness of sin.
4. Search all my thoughts, the secret springs, The motives that control ; The chambers where polluted things Hold empire o'er the soul.
5. Search, till Thy fiery glance has cast Its holy light through all, And I by grace am brought at last Before Thy face to fall.
6. Thus prostrate I shall learn of Thee What now I feebly prove---- That God alone in Christ can be Unutterable love !