Translations. - The Commandments. (luther's Song-book.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCB DEFFB GHBBB IIFFB IJKKB CCLMB NNFFB OOKKB PPQQB RRFFB BBCCB BBSSB A FFBBB JIFFB TTIIB UUVVB WWAWB| I | A |
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| These are the holy ten commands | B |
| Which came to us from God's own hands | B |
| By Moses who thus did his will | C |
| On the top of Sinai's hill | C |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| I am the Lord thy God alone | D |
| Of Gods besides thou shalt have none | E |
| Thou shalt thyself trust all to me | F |
| And love me right heartily | F |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| Thou shalt not speak like idle word | G |
| The name of God who is thy Lord | H |
| As right or good thou shalt not praise | B |
| Except what God does and says | B |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| Thou shalt keep holy the seventh day | I |
| That rest thou and thy household may | I |
| From thine own work thou must keep free | F |
| That God his work have in thee | F |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| Honour thou shall and shalt obey | I |
| Thy father and thy mother alway | J |
| To serve them ready be thy hand | K |
| That thou live long in the land | K |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| In anger hot thou shalt not kill | C |
| Nor hate nor take revenge for ill | C |
| Be patient and of gentle mood | L |
| And ev'n to thy foe do good | M |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| Thy marriage bond thou shalt keep clean | N |
| That to no other thy heart lean | N |
| Thy life thou must keep pure and free | F |
| Temperate with fine chastity | F |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| Money or goods steal not nor yet | O |
| Traffic in others' blood and sweat | O |
| But open wide thy kindly hand | K |
| To the poor man in thy land | K |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| Evil reports thou shalt not bear | P |
| Nor 'gainst thy neighbour falsely swear | P |
| His innocence thou shalt defend | Q |
| And hide his shame from foe or friend | Q |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| Thy neighbour's wife or house to win | R |
| Thou shalt not seek or aught therein | R |
| But wish all good to him may be | F |
| As thy own heart doth to thee | F |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| To us come these commands that so | B |
| Thou son of man thy sins mayst know | B |
| And with this lesson thy heart fill | C |
| That man must live for God's will | C |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| May Christ our Lord help us in this | B |
| For he our mediator is | B |
| Our own work is a hopeless thing | S |
| Wrath alone all it can bring | S |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| Oh man wouldst thou live blissfully | F |
| And dwell with God eternally | F |
| Thou shalt observe the ten commands | B |
| Written by God with his hands | B |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| Thy God and Lord I am alway | J |
| No other God shall make thee stray | I |
| Thy heart must ever trust in me | F |
| Mine own kingdom shalt thou be | F |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| My name to honour thou shalt heed | T |
| And call on me in time of need | T |
| Thou shalt keep whole the sabbath day | I |
| That so in thee I work may | I |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| To thy father and mother thou | U |
| Shalt next me in obedience bow | U |
| None kill nor yield to anger wild | V |
| And keep thy marriage undefiled | V |
| Kyrioleis | B |
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| From any one thou shalt not steal | W |
| Falsely with others never deal | W |
| Thy neighbour's wife thou shalt not eye | A |
| Let his be his welcomely | W |
| Kyrioleis | B |
George Macdonald
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