The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11512

11512. Search Me, O God!

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 passions reign 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 hast cast
Its holy light thro’ all,
And I by grace am brought at last
Before Thy face to fall.

6 Thus prostrate, I shall learn of Thee
What I now feebly prove,
That God alone in Christ can be
Unutterable love.

Text Information

• First Line: Search me, O God! my actions try
• Title: Search Me, O God!
• Author: Francis Bottome
• Language: English
• Source: Full Salvation Hymnal by J. E. Irvine (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1877)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: CROWLE by Maurice Greene

Tune Information

• Name: ST. FLAVIAN
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Day's Psalter, 1563
• Copyright: Public Domain