IN all my vast concerns with thee, In vain my soul would try To shun thy...

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, The secrets of my breast.

My thoughts lie open to thee, Lord, Before they're formed within; And, ere my lips pronounce the word, Thou know'st 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.