Search me, O God, my actions try (Hymn 407)

Verse 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. Verse 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. Verse 3: Throw light into the darkened cells, Where passion reigns within; Quicken my conscience till it feels The loathsomeness of sin. Verse 4: Search all my thoughts, the secret springs, The motives that control; The chambers where polluted things Hold empire o'er the soul. Verse 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. Verse 6: Thus prostrate I shall learn of Thee, What now I feebly prove, That God alone in Christ can be Unutterable love.