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!