First Line: Search me, O God, my actions try,

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 !