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.

 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.