i'm feeling tainted today and i think it's best not to say anything right now so i'll just let the hymn below speak for itself.

according to this, it took the songwriter a mere 5 minutes to write such a powerful and, in a way, needy prayer in the form of these lyrics (though the melody was not originally his). truly divine inspiration and not human.

Search Me, O God
by J. EDWIN ORR

Search me, O God,
And 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.

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.

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.

O Holy Ghost,
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.