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## 139:23
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> Search Me and Know My Heart
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>> Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
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Occasion: When my motives are mixed
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Lord, here is the knot again ---
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a good deed with my name attached,
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a true word I want noticed,
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a gift I want to give
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and be thanked for.
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I do not always know where generosity ends
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and my hunger for admiration begins.
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Search me.
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Show me what in me is clean
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and what is reaching sideways for applause.
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Help me look honestly,
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without excusing myself
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and without turning this confession
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into one more way to appear humble.
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I can dress a selfish wish in flowery language
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until even I believe it.
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Make me plain before You.
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Let me choose the hidden good ---
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the task no one knows,
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the gift no one traces,
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the prayer said with the door shut.
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And when my motives are still mixed,
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keep me honest and teachable.
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I may not be able to untangle
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every reason I want what I want.
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But You can see the whole knot.
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Untie what I have pulled tight.
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Make me plain, Lord.
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Not split.
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But whole.
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Amen. |