1. Search me, O God, my action 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.