The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#246

246. O Thou, to whose all-searching sight

1 O Thou to whose all-searching sight
The darkness shineth as the light!
Search, prove my heart: it pants for Thee;
O burst these bonds, and set it free.

2 Wash out its stains, refine its dross,
Nail my affections to the cross!
Hallow each thought; let all within
Be clean, as Thou, my Lord, art clean.

3 If in this darksome wild I stray,
Be Thou my light, be Thou my way;
No foes, no violence I fear,
No harm, while Thou, my God, art near.

4 When rising floods my soul o’erflow,
When sinks my heart in waves of woe,
Jesus, Thy timely aid impart,
And raise my head, and cheer my heart.

5 Savior, where’er Thy steps I see,
Dauntless, untired, I'd follow Thee;
O let Thy hand support me still,
And lead me to Thy holy hill!

6. If rough and thorny be the way,
My strength proportion to my day;
Till toil and grief and pain shall cease,
Where all is calm, and joy and peace.

Text Information

• First Line: O Thou, to whose all-searching sight
• Author: N.L. von Zinzendorf (1721)
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Church Year: Fifth Sunday after Epiphany; Holiness; Perseverance and Faithfulness
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [O Thou, to whose all searching light]
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: J. Clauder's "Psalmodia Nova," 1630
• Notes: Now Public Domain.