That Man a Godly Life Might Live

That man a god­ly life might live

God did these Ten Com­mand­ments give

By His true serv­ant Mo­ses

high

Upon the Mount Si­nai.

Have mer­cy

Lord!

I am thy God and Lord alone

No other God be­fore Me own;

Put thy whole con­fi­dence in Me

And love Me e’er cor­di­al­ly.

Have mer­cy

Lord!

By idle word and speech pro­fane

Take not My ho­ly name in vain

And praise but that as good and true

Which I My­self say and do.

Have mer­cy

Lord!

Hallow the day which God hath blest

That thou and all thy house may rest;

Keep hand and heart from la­bor free

That God may so work in thee.

Have mer­cy

Lord!

Give to thy par­ents hon­or due

Be du­ti­ful

and lov­ing

too

And help them when their strength de­cays

So shalt thou have length of days.

Have mer­cy

Lord!

Kill thou not out of ev­il will

Nor hate

nor ren­der ill for ill;

Be pa­tient and of gen­tle mood

And to thy foe do thou good.

Have mer­cy

Lord.

Be faith­ful to thy mar­riage vows

Thy heart give on­ly to thy spouse;

Thy life keep pure

and lest thou sin

Use tem­per­ance and dis­ci­pline.

Have mer­cy

Lord!

Steal not; op­press­ive acts ab­hor;

Nor wring their life blood from the poor;

But op­en wide thy lov­ing hand

To all the poor in the land.

Have mer­cy

Lord.

Bear not false wit­ness nor be­lie

Thy neigh­bor by foul ca­lum­ny.

Defend his in­no­cence from blame;

With char­ity hide his shame.

Have mer­cy

Lord!

Thy neigh­bor’s house de­sire thou not

His wife

nor aught that he hath got

But wish that his such good may be

As thy heart doth wish for thee.

Have mer­cy

Lord!

God these com­mand­ments gave there­in

To show thee

child of man

thy sin

And make thee also well per­ceive

How man un­to God should live.

Have mer­cy

Lord!

Help us

Lord Je­sus Christ

for we

A me­di­at­or have in Thee.

Our works can­not sal­va­tion gain;

They mer­it but end­less pain.

Have mer­cy

Lord!