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Psalm 139 Part 1
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 251 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: In all my vast concerns with thee Lyrics:
In all my vast concerns with thee,
In vain my soul would try
To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee
The notice of thine eye.
Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest,
My public walks, my private ways,
And secrets of my breast.
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.
O wondrous knowledge, deep and high!
Where can a creature hide?
Within thy circling arms I lie,
Beset on every side.
So let thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,
To guard my soul from every ill,
Secured by sovereign love.
Lord, where shall guilty souls retire,
Forgotten and unknown?
In hell they meet thy dreadful fire,
In heav'n thy glorious throne.
Should I suppress my vital breath
To 'scape the wrath divine,
Thy voice would break the bars of death,
And make the grave resign.
If winged with beams of morning light
I fly beyond the west,
Thy hand, which must support my flight,
Would soon betray my rest.
If o'er my sins I think to draw
The curtains of the night,
Those flaming eyes that guard thy law
Would turn the shades to light.
The beams of noon, the midnight hour,
Are both alike to thee
O may I ne'er provoke that power
From which I cannot flee.
Topics: Evening psalm; Evidences of sincerity; Obedience sincere; Sincerity; Examination or evidences of grace; Grace its evidences, or self-examination; Self-examination or evidences of grace; Trial of our hearts; Daily Devotion; Midnight thoughts; God his wisdom in his works; Holiness professed; Professions of sincerity and repentance, etc; All-seeing God; Appeal to God concerning our sincerity; God All-seeing; God heart-searching; Heart known to God; Infants; Man wonderful formation; Mercies innumerable; Nature of man
Psalm 139 Part 1
Psalm 139 Part 1
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 325 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through Lyrics:
Lord, 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.
My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak
Ere from my op'ning lips they break.
Within thy circling power I stand;
On every side I find thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
O 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.
Could I so false, so faithless prove,
To quit thy service and thy love,
Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun.
Or from thy dreadful glory run?
If up to heav'n I take my flight,
'Tis there thou dwell'st enthroned in light
Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.
If, mounted on a morning ray,
I fly beyond the western sea,
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.
Or should I try to shun thy sight
Beneath the spreading veil of night,
One glance of thine, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day.
O 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.
The veil of night is no disguise,
No screen from thy all-searching eyes;
Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon
Through midnight shades as blazing noon.
Midnight and noon in this agree,
Great God, they're both alike to thee;
Not death can hide what God will spy,
And hell lies naked to his eye.
O 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.
Topics: Evening psalm; Evidences of sincerity; Obedience sincere; Sincerity; Examination or evidences of grace; Grace its evidences, or self-examination; Self-examination or evidences of grace; Trial of our hearts; Daily Devotion; Midnight thoughts; God his wisdom in his works; Holiness professed; Professions of sincerity and repentance, etc; All-seeing God; Appeal to God concerning our sincerity; God All-seeing; God heart-searching; Heart known to God; Infants; Man wonderful formation; Mercies innumerable; Nature of man
Psalm 139 Part 1
Search Me, O God
Author: J. Edwin Orr Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 108 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23 First Line: Search me, O God, and know my heart today Lyrics: 1 Search me, O God, wnd know my heart today;
try me, O Savior, know my thoughts, I pray.
See if there be some wicked way in me;
cleanse me from every sin and set me free.
2 I praise thee, Lord, for cleansing me from sin;
fulfill thy Word and make me pure within.
Fill me with fire where once I burned with shame;
grant my desire to magnify thy name.
3 Lord, take my life, and make it wholly thine;
fill my poor heart with thy great love divine.
Take all my will, my passion, self, and pride;
I now surrender, Lord--in me abide.
4 O Holy Spirit, revival comes from thee;
send a revival--start the work in me.
Thy Word declares thou wilt supply our need;
for blessings now, O Lord, I humbly plead.
Topics: Cleansing; Confession; Dedications of Life; Holy Spirit renewing; Sin; Surrender Used With Tune: ELLERS
Search Me, O God
LORD, You Have Searched Me
Author: Marie J. Post Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 29 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: LORD, you have searched me and you know Topics: Will of God; Creation; Providence; Will of God Used With Tune: FEDERAL STREET Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.
LORD, You Have Searched Me
O God, You Search Me
Author: Bernadette Farrell, b. 1957 Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: O God, you search me and you know me Used With Tune: [O God, you search me and you know me]
O God, You Search Me
Thou Lord, by strictest Search hast known
Appears in 86 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Lyrics: 1 Thou, Lord, by strictest Search hast known
2 My rising up and lying down;
My secret Thoughts are known to thee,
Known long before conceiv'd by me.
3 Thine Eye my Bed and Path surveys,
My publick Haunts and private Ways;
4 Thou know'st what 'tis my Lips would vent,
My yet unutter'd words intent.
5 Surrounded by thy Pow'r I stand,
On ev'ry Side I find thy Hand.
6 O Skill, for human Reach too high!
Too dazzling bright for mortal Eye!
7 O could I so perfidious be,
To think of once deserting thee,
Where, Lord, could I thy Influence shun?
Or whither from thy Presence run?
8 If up to Heav'n I take my Flight,
'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in Light,
Or sink to Hell's infernal Plains,
'Tis there Almighty Vengeance reigns.
9 If I the Morning's Wings could gain,
And fly beyond the Western Main,
10 Thy swifter Hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy Fugitive.
11 Or should I try to shun thy Sight
Beneath the sable Wings of Night;
One Glance from thee, one piercing Ray
Would kindle Darkness into Day.
12 The Veil of Night is no Disguise,
No Screen from thy all-searching Eyes:
Thro' Midnight Shades thou find'st thy Way,
As in the blazing Noon of Day.
13 Thou know'st the Texture of my Heart,
My Reins and ev'ry vital part;
Each single Thread, in Nature's Loom,
By thee was cover'd in the Womb.
14 I'll praise Thee from whose Hands I came,
A work of such a curious Frame;
The Wonders thou in me hast shown,
My soul with grateful Joy must own.
15 Thine Eyes my Substance did survey,
while yet a lifeless Mass it lay,
In secret how exactly wrought,
E'er from its dark Inclosure brought.
16 Thou didst the shapeless Embrio see,
Its Parts were registred by Thee:
Thou saw'st the daily Growth they took,
Form'd by the Model of thy Book.
17 Let me acknowledge too, O God,
That since this Maze of Life I trod,
Thy Thoughts of Love to me surmount
The Pow'r of Numbers to recount.
18 Far sooner could I reckon o'er
The Sands upon the Ocean's Shore:
Each Morn revising what I've done,
I find th' Account but new begun.
19 The Wicked thou shalt slay, O God:
Depart from me, ye Men of Blood,
20 Whose Tongues Heav'n's Majesty profane,
And take th' Almighty's Name in vain.
21 Lord, hate not I their impious Crew,
Who thee with Enmity pursue?
And does not Grief my Heart oppress,
When Reprobates thy Law transgress?
22 Who practise Enmity to Thee,
Shall utmost Hatred have from me;
Such Men I utterly detest,
As if they were my Foes profest.
23,24 Search, try, O God, my Thoughts and Heart,
If Mischief lurks in any Part;
Correct me where I go astray,
And guide me in thy perfect Way.
Thou Lord, by strictest Search hast known
Psalm 139 Part 2
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 52 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: When I with pleasing wonder stand Lyrics:
When I with pleasing wonder stand,
And all my frame survey,
Lord, 'tis thy work I own thy hand
Thus built my humble clay.
Thy hand my heart and reins possessed
Where unborn nature grew;
Thy wisdom all my features traced,
And all my members drew.
Thine eye with nicest care surveyed
The growth of every part;
Till the whole scheme thy thoughts had laid
Was copied by thy art.
Heav'n, earth, and sea, and fire, and wind,
Show me thy wondrous skill
But I review myself, and find
Diviner wonders still.
Thy aweful glories round me shine,
My flesh proclaims thy praise;
Lord, to thy works of nature join
Thy miracles of grace.
Topics: Evening psalm; Evidences of sincerity; Obedience sincere; Sincerity; Examination or evidences of grace; Grace its evidences, or self-examination; Self-examination or evidences of grace; Trial of our hearts; Daily Devotion; Midnight thoughts; God his wisdom in his works; Holiness professed; Professions of sincerity and repentance, etc; All-seeing God; Appeal to God concerning our sincerity; God All-seeing; God heart-searching; Heart known to God; Infants; Man wonderful formation; Mercies innumerable; Nature of man
Psalm 139 Part 2
Psalm 139 Part 2
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 35 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: 'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came Lyrics:
'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came,
A work of such a curious frame
In me thy fearful wonders shine,
And each proclaims thy skill divine.
Thine eyes did all my limbs survey,
Which yet in dark confusion lay;
Thou saw'st the daily growth they took,
Formed by the model of thy book.
By thee my growing parts were named,
And what thy sovereign counsels framed-
The breathing lungs, the beating heart-
Was copied with unerring art.
At last, to show my Maker's name,
God stamped his image on my frame,
And in some unknown moment joined
The finished members to the mind.
There the young seeds of thought began,
And all the passions of the man:
Great God, our infant nature pays
Immortal tribute to thy praise.
Lord, since in my advancing age
I've acted on life's busy stage,
Thy thoughts of love to me surmount
The power of numbers to recount.
I could survey the ocean o'er,
And count each sand that makes the shore,
Before my swiftest thoughts could trace
The num'rous wonders of thy grace.
These on my heart are still impressed,
With these I give my eyes to rest;
And at my waking hour I find
God and his love possess my mind.
Topics: Evening psalm; Evidences of sincerity; Obedience sincere; Sincerity; Examination or evidences of grace; Grace its evidences, or self-examination; Self-examination or evidences of grace; Trial of our hearts; Daily Devotion; Midnight thoughts; God his wisdom in his works; Holiness professed; Professions of sincerity and repentance, etc; All-seeing God; Appeal to God concerning our sincerity; God All-seeing; God heart-searching; Heart known to God; Infants; Man wonderful formation; Mercies innumerable; Nature of man
Psalm 139 Part 2
Psalm 139 Part 3
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 33 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: My God, what inward grief I feel Lyrics:
My God, what inward grief I feel
When impious men transgress thy will!
I mourn to hear their lips profane
Take thy tremendous name in vain.
Does not my soul detest and hate
The sons of malice and deceit?
Those that oppose thy laws and thee,
I count them enemies to me.
Lord, search my soul, try every thought;
Though my own heart accuse me not
Of walking in a false disguise,
I beg the trial of thine eyes.
Doth secret mischief lurk within?
Do I indulge some unknown sin?
O turn my feet whene'er I stray,
And lead me in thy perfect way.
Topics: Evening psalm; Evidences of sincerity; Obedience sincere; Sincerity; Examination or evidences of grace; Grace its evidences, or self-examination; Self-examination or evidences of grace; Trial of our hearts; Daily Devotion; Midnight thoughts; God his wisdom in his works; Holiness professed; Professions of sincerity and repentance, etc; All-seeing God; Appeal to God concerning our sincerity; God All-seeing; God heart-searching; Heart known to God; Infants; Man wonderful formation; Mercies innumerable; Nature of man
Psalm 139 Part 3
O Lord, thou hast searched me
Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Topics: Prose Psalms Used With Tune: THIRD TONE
O Lord, thou hast searched me
You Are Before Me, Lord
Author: Ian Pitt-Watson Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: You are before me, Lord. You are behind Used With Tune: SURSUM CORDA (SMITH)
You Are Before Me, Lord
Have Thine Own Way, Lord
Author: Adelaide A. Pollard Meter: 9.9.9.9 Appears in 315 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24 First Line: Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way! Lyrics: 1 Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Thou art the potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me after thy will,
while I am waiting, yielded and still.
2 Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Search me and try me, Master, today.
Open mine eyes, my sin show me now,
as in thy presence humbly I bow.
3 Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Wounded and weary, help me, I pray.
Power, all power, surely is thine.
Touch me and heal me, Savior divine.
4 Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Hold o'er my being absolute sway.
Fill with thy Spirit till all shall see
Christ only, always, living in me.
Topics: Commitment & Dedication; Illumination; King, God/Christ as; Sickness & Health; Will of God; Dedication and Offering; Commitment & Dedication; Confession of Sin; Humility; Illumination; King, God/Christ as; Obedience; Offering; Sickness & Health; Will of God Used With Tune: ADELAIDE
Have Thine Own Way, Lord
You Are Near
Author: Dan Schutte, b. 1947 Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: Lord, you have searched my heart Refrain First Line: Yahweh, I know you are near Used With Tune: [Lord, you have searched my heart]
You Are Near
Oh, for a Closer Walk with God
Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,370 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24 Lyrics: 1 Oh, for a closer walk with God,
a calm and heavenly frame,
a light to shine upon the road
that leads me to the Lamb!
2 Where is the blessedness I knew
when first I sought the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
of Jesus and his Word?
3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void
the world can never fill.
4 The dearest idol I have known,
whate'er that idol be,
help me to tear it from thy throne
and worship only thee.
5 So shall my walk be close with God,
calm and serene my frame;
so purer light shall mark the road
that leads me to the Lamb.
Topics: Commitment & Dedication; Walk with God; Commitment & Dedication; Lamb of God; Obedience; Peace; Pilgrimage & Conflct; Sanctification; Walk with God Used With Tune: BEATITUDO
Oh, for a Closer Walk with God
Hymn 136
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 156 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24 First Line: God is a Spirit, just and wise Lyrics:
God is a Spirit, just and wise,
He sees our inmost mind;
In vain to beav'n we raise our cries,
And leave our souls behind.
Nothing but truth before his throne
With honor can appear;
The painted hypocrites are known
Through the disguise they wear.
Their lifted eyes salute the skies,
Their bending knees the ground;
But God abhors the sacrifice,
Where not the heart is found.
Lord, search my thoughts, and try my ways,
And make my soul sincere
Then shall I stand before thy face,
And find acceptance there.
Hymn 136
Jehovah God! thy gracious power
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 110 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Topics: God: Being, Attributes; God Omniscience
Jehovah God! thy gracious power
Mi corazón, oh examina
Author: J. Edwin Orr Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23 First Line: Mi corazón, oh examina hoy Used With Tune: CLEANSE ME
Mi corazón, oh examina
O Lord, My Inmost Heart and Thought
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Topics: Self-Examination; Preparatory Service; Omniscience, God'S; Searcher Of Hearts, God The; Guidance, Divine Used With Tune: BINGHAM
O Lord, My Inmost Heart and Thought
All That I Am I Owe to Thee
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:14-24 Lyrics: 1 All that I am I owe to thee;
thy wisdom, Lord, has fashioned me.
I give my Maker thankful praise,
whose wondrous works my soul amaze.
2 Ere into being I was brought,
thine eye did see, and in thy thought
my life in all its perfect plan
was ordered ere my days began.
3 Thy thoughts, O God, how manifold,
more precious unto me than gold!
I muse on their infinity,
awaking I am still with thee.
4 The wicked thou wilt surely slay;
from me let sinners turn away.
They speak against the name divine;
I count God's enemies as mine.
5 Search me, O God, my heart discern;
try me, my inmost thought to learn;
and lead me, if in sin I stray,
to choose the everlasting way.
Topics: God His Wisdom; Foreordination; God Sovereignty of ; Searcher of Hearts; Self-Examination Used With Tune: FEDERAL STREET Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912
All That I Am I Owe to Thee
Shine, Jesus, shine
Author: Graham Kendrick (b. 1950) Meter: Irregular Appears in 39 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23 First Line: Lord, the light of Your love is shining Topics: Christ Risen Ascension; Christian Year Ascension; Jesus transfiguration; Light Used With Tune: SHINE, JESUS, SHINE
Shine, Jesus, shine
Following the Saviour
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 391 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23 First Line: O thou, to whose all-searching sight Topics: Duties and Trials Steadfastness and Growth in Grace
Following the Saviour
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Author: Thomas A. Dorsey Meter: 6.6.9.6.6.9 Appears in 113 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:24 Topics: Our Death; Guidance; Trials; Walking with Christ Used With Tune: PRECIOUS LORD
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Lord! where shall guilty souls retire
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 54 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139
Lord! where shall guilty souls retire
The Omnipresence and Omniscience of God
Author: Blacklock Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 29 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: Lord, thou with an unerring beam Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou with an unerring beam
Surveyest all my powers;
My rising steps are watch'd by thee,
By thee, my resting hours.
2 My thoughts, scarce struggling in to birth
Great God, are known to thee:
Abroad, at home, still I'm inclos'd
With thine immensity.
3 To thee the labyrinths of life
In open view appear;
Nor steals a whisper from my lips
Without thy listening ear.
4 Behind I glance, and thou art there;
Before me shines thy name;
And 'tis thy strong almighty hand
Sustains my tender frame.
5 Such knowledge mocks the vain essays
Of my astonish'd mind;
Nor can my reason's soaring eye
Its towering summit find.
Pause.
6 Where from thy spirit shall I stretch
The pinions of my flight?
Or where, thro' nature's spacious range,
Shall I elude thy sight?
7 Scal'd I the skies; the blaze divine
Would overwhelm my soul:
Plung'd I to hell; there should I hear
Thine awful thunders roll.
8 If on a morning's darting ray
With matchless speed I rode,
And flew to the wild lonely shore,
That bounds the ocean's flood;
9 Thither thine hand, all-present God,
Must guide the wondrous way,
And thine omnipotence support
The fabric of my clay.
10 Should I involve myself around
With clouds of tenfold night,
The clouds would shine like blazing noon
Before thy piercing sight.
11 "The beams of noon, the midnight hour
"Are both alike to thee:
"O may I ne'er provoke that power,
"From which I cannot flee!"
Topics: God; Omnipresence and omniscience of God
The Omnipresence and Omniscience of God
Psalm 139: O Lord, thou hast me search'd and known
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: O Lord, thou hast me search'd and known Lyrics:
1O Lord, thou hast me search’d and known.
2Thou know’st my sitting down,
And rising up; yea, all my thoughts
afar to thee are known.
3My footsteps, and my lying down,
thou compassest always;
Thou also most entirely art
acquaint with all my ways.
4For in my tongue, before I speak,
not any word can be,
But altogether, lo, O Lord,
it is well known to thee.
5Behind, before, thou hast beset,
and laid on me thine hand.
6Such knowledge is too strange for me,
too high to understand.
7From thy Sp’rit whither shall I go?
or from thy presence fly?
8Ascend I heav’n, lo, thou art there;
there, if in hell I lie.
9Take I the morning wings, and dwell
in utmost parts of sea;
10Ev’n there, Lord, shall thy hand me lead,
thy right hand hold shall me.
11If I do say that darkness shall
me cover from thy sight,
Then surely shall the very night
about me be as light.
12Yea, darkness hideth not from thee,
but night doth shine as day:
To thee the darkness and the light
are both alike alway.
13For thou possessed hast my reins,
and thou hast cover’d me,
When I within my mother’s womb
inclosed was by thee.
14Thee will I praise; for fearfully
and strangely made I am;
Thy works are marv’llous, and right well
my soul doth know the same.
15My substance was not hid from thee,
when as in secret I
Was made; and in earth’s lowest parts
was wrought most curiously.
16Thine eyes my substance did behold,
yet being unperfect;
And in the volume of thy book
my members all were writ;
Which after in continuance
were fashion’d ev’ry one,
When as they yet all shapeless were,
and of them there was none.
17How precious also are thy thoughts,
O gracious God, to me!
And in their sum how passing great
and numberless they be!
18If I should count them, than the sand
they more in number be:
What time soever I awake,
I ever am with thee.
19Thou, Lord, wilt sure the wicked slay:
hence from me bloody men.
20Thy foes against thee loudly speak,
and take thy name in vain.
21Do not I hate all those, O Lord,
that hatred bear to thee?
With those that up against thee rise
can I but grieved be?
22With perfect hatred them I hate,
my foes I them do hold.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart,
try me, my thoughts unfold:
24And see if any wicked way
there be at all in me;
And in thine everlasting way
to me a leader be.
Psalm 139: O Lord, thou hast me search'd and known
All My Days
Author: Laurie Zelman Meter: 8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24 First Line: You know my words before they're said Topics: Assurance; Darkness; Fear; God's Generosity; God's Glory, Majesty and Power; God's Love; Healing; Marriage; Refuge; Rejoicing; Renewal; Repentance; Sin; Trust; Vocation Used With Tune: HIXON
All My Days
And so fulfil the law of Christ
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 184 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23 First Line: Try us, O God, and search the ground Topics: Christian Fellowship Communion of Saints Used With Tune: HARMONY GROVE
And so fulfil the law of Christ
Let All the World
Author: George Herbert Meter: 14.12.12.14 Appears in 169 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23 First Line: Let all the world in every corner sing Lyrics: 1 Let all the world in every corner sing: my God and King!
The heavens are not too high, his praise may thither fly;
the earth is not too low, his praises there may grow.
Let all the world in every corner sing: my God and King!
2 Let all the world in every corner sing: my God and King!
The church with psalms must shout, no door can keep them out;
but, more than all, the heart must bear the longest part.
Let all the world in every corner sing: my God and King!
Topics: Cosmos; Cosmos; God King; God Transcendence; Praise of God Used With Tune: CONRAD
Let All the World
Father of spirits! Nature's God!
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 51 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Topics: God knows our Hearts and Ways; Omnipresence and omniscience of God Text Sources: Spirit of the Psalms
Father of spirits! Nature's God!
Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore
Author: Raquel Gutiérrez-Achon, 1927-; George Lockwood, 1946-; Gertrude C. Suppe, 1911-; Cesareo Gabaraín, 1936-1991 Appears in 50 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24 First Line: Lord, you have come to the lakeshore (Tú has venido a la orilla) Refrain First Line: O Lord, with your eyes you have searched me (Señor, me has miradoa los ojos) Used With Tune: PESCADOR DE HOMBRES
Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore
Searcher of hearts, to thee are known
Author: Montgomery Appears in 24 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Topics: God omnipresent and omniscient; Omnipresence and omniscience of God
Searcher of hearts, to thee are known
Herr! du erforschest mich
Author: E. Kuester Appears in 17 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Lyrics: 1 Herr! du erforschest mich,
Dir bin ich nie verborgen;
Du kennst mein ganzes Thun,
Siehst alle meine sorgen.
Was meine Seele denkt,
War dir bereits bekannt,
Eh' der gedanke noch
In meiner feel entstand.
2 Nie spricht mein Mund ein wort,
Das du, O Herr! nicht wissest.
Du schaffest, was ich thu';
Du ordnest, du beschliessest,
Was mir begegnen soll.
Erstaunt seh' ich auf dich;
Wie groß ist dein verstand,
Wie wunderbar für mich.
3 Wohin, wohin soll ich
Vor deinem Geiste fliehen?
Un welchen oft kann ich
Mich deinem aug' entziehen?
Führ' ich zum Himmel auf:
So bist du Höchster! da;
Führ ich zur tief' hinab;
Auch hier bist du mir nah!
4 Nähm; ich auch,
schnell zu fliehn,
Die sittige vom morgen:
Selbst an dem fernsten Meer
Bleib ich hier auch gleich
Den menschen unbekannt:
Gott! so umschlösse mich
Doch deiner Allmacht hand.
5 Wollt' ich in Finsternis
Mich deinem aug' entziehen;
So sucht' ich doch umsonst
Auch da dir zu entfliehen.
Denn auch die Finsternis
Ist vor dir helles licht;
Die nacht glänzt wie der tag,
Vor deinem Angesicht.
6 Im Mutterliebe schon
War ich von dir umgeben,
Von dir gebildet, Gott!
Von dir geführt in's leben.
Ich danke dir, daß du
Mich wunderbar gemacht,
Und meiner, eh' ich war,
Schon väterlich gedacht.
7 Du kanntest mein Gebein,
Eh' ich ans licht gekommen,
Da ich im dunkeln erst
Die Bildung angenommen;
Dein Auge sah mich schon,
Eh' ich bereitet war,
Und meiner tage lauf
War dir schon offenbar.
8 Was für Erkenntnisse,
Für köstliche Gedanken!
Unzahlbar sind sie mir;
Denn sie sind ohne Schranken.
Mit Ehrfurcht will ich stets
Auf dich, mein Schöpfer feh'n,
Dir folgen und dein lob,
So gut ich kann, erhöh'n.
9 Erforsche mich, mein Gott!
Und prüfe, wie ochs meine,
Ob ich rechtschaffen bin,
Wie ich von auffen scheine.
Sieh, ob mein fuß vielleicht
Sich einem Irrweg naht,
Und leite meinen gang
Auf ebnen, sichern Pfad. Topics: Wahrheiten, welche aus der Erkenntniß fließen Von Gottes Daseyn
Herr! du erforschest mich
Speak, O Lord
Author: Keith Getty; Stuart Townend Meter: 8.10.8.10.10.10.8.9 Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24 First Line: Speak, O Lord, as we come to you Topics: Discipleship; Occasional Services Dedication of Holy Living; Hymns That Are Prayer; Renewal; Word of God; Elements of Worship Hearing the Word Used With Tune: SPEAK, O LORD
Speak, O Lord
I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry
Author: John Ylvisaker, b. 1937 Meter: 9.7.9.6 D Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: "I was there to hear your borning cry Topics: Creation, Preservation Used With Tune: WATERLIFE
I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry
God's Omniscience and Omnipresence
Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: Lord, thou hast searched me, and hast known Refrain First Line: Whither, whither shall my footsteps fly Topics: Bible Precious; Christ Providences of; Christians Christ the Life of; Christians Graces of; Companions Evil; Fidelity; God Attributes of; God Creator; God Omnipresent; God Omniscient; Heart Claimed of God; Holy Spirit; Praise To God; Sin Hatred of; The Wicked Separation from Used With Tune: [Lord, thou hast searched me, and hast known]
God's Omniscience and Omnipresence
En medió de la vida
Author: Mortimer Arias Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Refrain First Line: Oh Dios de cieloy tierra Topics: Consuelo y Seguridad; Trust; Confianza Used With Tune: BOLIVIANO
En medió de la vida
Lord Jesus Christ (Jésus le Christ)
Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: Lord Jesus Christ, your light shines within us Topics: Evening; Fear; Jesus Christ; Light; Love of God for Us; Majesty and Power Used With Tune: [Lord Jesus Christ, your light shines within us]
Lord Jesus Christ (Jésus le Christ)
Psalm 41
Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23 First Line: Search me, O God, and know my heart Refrain First Line: Search me, O God, and know my heart Lyrics: Response: (General)
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
try me and know my thoughts. Topics: Psalter Used With Tune: [Search me O God, and know my heart]
Psalm 41
Psalm 139: O Lord, My God
Author: Paul Wigmore, b. 1925 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: O Lord, my God you know all my ways Lyrics: 1
O Lord, my God, you know all my ways,
when I sleep and I rise, when I sit or stand;
and before any word is upon my tongue
you discern it as though I had spoken it.
2
Where can I go to be far from you?
In the deepest of caves, in the heights of heaven?
If I rise up and fly on the wings of dawn,
still your right hand will guide me and hold me fast.
3
O Lord, my God, you created me,
in a wonderful way you have fashioned me.
Test my spirit and see what is in my heart;
lead me on in the way to eternal life.
Topics: Baptism Used With Tune: SHEPHERDSWELL
Psalm 139: O Lord, My God
Lord Jesus Christ
Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: Lord, you have searched me and known me Refrain First Line: Lord Jesus Christ, your light shines within us (Jésus le Christ, lumière intérieure) Used With Tune: [Lord, Jesus Christ, your light shines within us]
Lord Jesus Christ
To the chief Musicain, A Psalm of David
Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: O Lord, thou dost me search and know Lyrics: 1 O Lord, thou dost me search and know,
Thou know'st my sitting down,
2 My rising up, my thought also
To thee far off is known.
3 Thou fann'st my path and lying down,
And all my ways kmow'st well.
4 For !o each word that's in my tongue,
Lord, thou can'st fully tell.
5 Behind thou gird'st me, and before,
On me dost lay thine hand
6 Such high and wond'rous skill is more
Than I can comprehend.
7 Where shall I from thy spirit go?
Or from thy face where fiy?
8 If heav'n I climb thou there? lo thou
If down in hell I lie.
9 If morning wings I take, and dwell
Where utmost sea-coasts be.
10 Ev'n there thy hand conduct me shall,
And thy right hand hold me.
11 Yea darkness sure shall cover me,
If that I thus shall say:
Then shall the night about me be
Like to the lightsome day.
12 Yea darkness darkneth not from thee,
But like the day shines night:
Alike unto thee both these be,
The darkness and the light.
[2]
13 For thou my reins possessed hast,
And also cover'd me,
Within my mother's womb thou hast.
14 My praise shall be of thee;
Because that 1 am fashion'd thus
In fearful wond'rous wise;
And that thy works are marvellous,
My soul right well descries.
15 From thee my substance was not hid,
When closely made was I;
And when that I was fashioned
In earth's deeps curiously.
16 Thine eyes did on my substance look,
When yet I wanted frame:
And all my members in thy book
Were written down by name.
Which day by day should fashion'd be,
When none of them were come.
17 How precious are thy thoughts to me,
God! how great's their sum?
18 If I of them account should take,
More than the sands they be.
And still when that I do awake,
I present am with thee.
[3]
19 O God, thou surely wilt them slay
That wicked persons be;
Depart therefore from hence away,
Ye men of blood, from me.
20 Because that they against thee do
Speak in mischievous wise.
Thy name in vain they take also,
Who are thine enemies.
21 Jehovah, hate I not the men
That thee do hate? likewise
Am I not sore aggriev'd with them
That up against thee rise?
22 With perfect hate them hate do I,
I take them for my foes.
23 Search me, O God, my heart descry,
Try me, my thoughts disclose.
24 Behold in me if fhat there be
Ev'n any wicked way;
And in the way conduct thou me
That doth endure for aye.
To the chief Musicain, A Psalm of David
Fly Like a Bird
Author: Ken Canedo, b. 1953 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24 First Line: O God, you know who I am Refrain First Line: Fly like a bird to the Lord, my soul Topics: Comfort; Comfort; Comfort; Graduation; Journey; Loneliness; Love of God for Us; Meditation; Retreats; Rites of the Church Penance (Reconciliation) Used With Tune: [O God, you know who I am]
Fly Like a Bird
Tú me perdonas, Señor
Appears in 1,891 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24 First Line: De una misma boca proceden Topics: Arrepentimiento; Repentance; Avivamiento y Confesión; Revival and Confession; Confesión y Perdón; Confession and Forgiveness; Perdón; Forgiveness
Tú me perdonas, Señor
Thou hidden source of calm repose
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 166 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Topics: Jesus Christ the Saviour: Lord of All Used With Tune: COLCHESTER (Wesley)
Thou hidden source of calm repose
Praise for the Blessings of Providence and grace
Author: Steele Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 132 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 First Line: Almighty father, gracious Lord Lyrics: 1 Almighty father, gracious Lord,
Kind guardian of my days,
Thy mercies let my heart record
In songs of grateful praise.
2 In life's first dawn, my tender frame
Was thy indulgent care,
Long ere I could pronounce thy name,
Or breathe the infant prayer.
3 [Around my path what dangers rose!
What snares spread all my road!
No power could guard me from my foes,
But my preserver, God.
4 How many blessings round me shone,
Where'er I turn'd my eye!
How many past almost unknown,
Or unregarded, by!]
5 Each rolling year new favors brought
From thy exhaustless store:
But ah! in vain my laboring thought
Would count thy mercies o'er.
6 While sweet reflection thro' my days
Thy bounteous hand would trace:
Still dearer blessings claim thy praise,
The blessings of thy grace.
7 Yes, I adore thee, gracious Lord,
For favors more divine:
That I have known thy sacred word,
Where all thy glories shine.
8 Lord, when this mortal frame decays,
And every weakness dies,
Complete the wonders of thy grace,
And raise me to the skies.
9 Then shall my joyful powers unite
In more exalted lays,
And Join the happy sons of light
In everlasting praise. Topics: Creation and Providence; Praise to God for the blessings of providence and grace; Praise for the blessing of Providence
Praise for the Blessings of Providence and grace
Lord, all I am is known to Thee!
Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 127 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Lyrics: 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. Topics: God His Wisdom and Omniscience; Ninth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: ST. JAMES
Lord, all I am is known to Thee!
From deep distress and troubled thoughts
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 105 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Topics: The Christian Conflict wiht Sin; Hope Under Conviction
From deep distress and troubled thoughts
Beyond, beyond the boundless seas
Appears in 80 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139 Topics: God: Being, Attributes; God Omnipresence
Beyond, beyond the boundless seas
Open, Lord, my inward ear
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 64 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24 Topics: Conversion and New Life Used With Tune: LEAMINGTON
Open, Lord, my inward ear
Mein Gott, ach lehre mich erkennen
Appears in 35 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24 Topics: Christliche Sinn und Wandel Heiligung überhaupt Text Sources: Freylinghausens Gesangb. 1774
Mein Gott, ach lehre mich erkennen
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