Hymns and Tunes 1886 53
Lord! thou hast searched and seen me through
Music: Isaac WattsTune: 816, 843, 614816, 843, 614
1Lord! thou hast searched and seen me through;
Thine eye commands with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh, with all their powers.
2My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3Within thy circling power I stand;
On every side I find thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
5O, may these thoughts possess my breast
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there!
- Music
- Isaac Watts
- Tune
- 816, 843, 614
- Meter
- 816, 843, 614
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The verse
- Meter
- 8.8.9.9 · the hymnal prints 816, 843, 614
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 70% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABB
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