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.