O God, You Search Me

O God, you search me and you know me
All my thoughts lie open to your gaze
When I walk or lie down you are before me:
Ever the maker and keeper of my days
You know my resting and my rising
You discern my purpose from afar
And with love everlasting you besiege me:
In ev’ry moment of life or death, you are
Before a word is on my tongue, Lord
You have known its meaning through and through
You are with me beyond my understanding:
God of my present, my past and futur, too
Although your Spirit is upon me
Still I search for sheltr from your light
There is nowhere on earth I can escape you:
Even the darkness is radiant in your sight
For you created me and shaped me
Gave me life within my mother’s womb
For the wonder of who I am, I praise you:
Safe in your hands, all creation is made new