Church Book ‎#72

72. Lord, all I am is known to Thee!

1 Lord, all I am is known to Thee!
In vain my soul would try
To shun Thy presence, or to flee
The notice of Thine eye.

2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest,
My public walks, my private ways,
And secrets of my breast.

3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord,
Before they’re formed within;
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
He knows the sense I mean.

4 O wondrous knowledge, deep and high!
Where can a creature hide?
Within Thy circling arms I lie,
Beset on every side.

5 So let Thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,
To guard my soul from every ill,
Secured by sovereign love.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, all I am is known to Thee!
• Author: Watts (1719, a.)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Scripture:
  Psalm 139
• Topic: God: His Wisdom and Omniscience; Ninth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune #198 or #221

Tune Information

• Name: ST. JAMES
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: A Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Raphael Courtville, 1680