Search me, O God, my actions try (Alternate Tune)

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.

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.

Throw light into the darkened cells

Where passion reigns within;

Quicken my conscience till it feels

The loathsomeness of sin.

Search all my thoughts

the secret springs

The motives that control;

The chambers where polluted things

Hold empire o’er the soul.

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.

Thus prostrate I shall learn of Thee

What now I feebly prove

That God alone in Christ can be

Unutterable love.