Lord, You have searched me and You have known me

Lord

You have searched me and You have known me.

You understand my thoughts from afar!

You comprehend my path and are acquainted with all my ways

For there is not a word on my tongue

But behold You know it all together!

Search me

O God

and know my heart;

Try me and know my anxieties;

See if there is any wicked in me

And lead me in the way everlasting!

Lord

You have touched me and You have shown me

That I am not so simple as I thought.

I often run and hide

prone to an errant heart.

But there is not a pause and You pursue!

And behold You’ve caught me altogether!

Where can I go from Your Spirit

O Lord?

I can’t flee from Your presence

You’re inside me.

I’ve climbed the steep mountains

but You still are there

Descend to the valleys but You find me.

Now I see

there’s something more to this pattern:

You want to show me all that You are.

So You’ve drawn me from this strife

into the family life.

As one

our prayers can match Your deep desires.

Now behold we follow You together!