1 One thing I of the Lord desire,
So wash me, Thou, without, within,
Or purge with fire, if that must be;
No matter how, if only sin
Die out in me, die out in me.
2 I watch to shun the miry way,
And staunch the springs of guilty thought;
So wash me, Thou, without, within,
Or purge with fire, if that must be;
No matter how, if only sin
Die out in me, die out in me.
3 If clearer vision Thou impart,
So wash me, Thou, without, within,
Or purge with fire, if that must be;
No matter how, if only sin
Die out in me, die out in me.
4 Yea, only as this heart is clean
May larger vision yet be mine,
So wash me, Thou, without, within,
Or purge with fire, if that must be;
No matter how, if only sin
Die out in me, die out in me.