Search our hearts, we pray, Lord
1 Search our hearts, we pray, Lord;
shine your light within,
when we call our failings
anything but sin:
2 Proud of our achievements,
though our aims are wrong;
you can see our motives,
tainted all along.
3 Search our poor excuses
when we shift the blame,
seeing faults in others
while we do the same.
4 You, O Christ, can cleanse us,
judge us and forgive:
in the light you give us
let us walk, and live.
Christopher M Idle
© Christopher M Idle, admin. The Jubilate Group
Metre: 6 5 6 5 (CASWALL; NORTH COATES)
part of the podcast series: 30 Hymns: Christopher Idle with Lance & Sue Pierson