God gave the ten commandments
Upon that mountain high,
But, to have no other gods...
Was that too much for you and I?

For when He wrote, no idols now
Of wood, or stone, or flesh,
Would He alone be our true love
No other be our quest.

As He unveiled, do not misuse
My Name in all you say,
Would we admit some idle words
Are Him, but spelt another way.



When He decreed a sabbath day
Would we make time to rest,
E'er set aside a holy day
So we could praise Him best.

Or, did we keep the fifth command
To honour parents well,
That we may hearken to their wisdom
And live the tale to tell.

Would commandment six be just too hard
To never murder all,
When Jesus said to hate a little
Means, that we all would fall.



Might lust condemn in number seven
When adultery's in the mind,
And in keeping something very little
Do we steal it every time.

False testimony we're bound to do
For truth has many shades,
To lie in speech, in silence too
We're doomed whichever way.

And coveting, well there we're stumped
For every time we gaze,
We wish for such a lovely thing
To liven up our days.



So, why did God upturn us so
With such condemning list?
Oh yes, but here's the greatest joy
We find His law a gift!

A gift, to help us understand
How great a God we have,
Who lives within a heaven pure
One that we sorely crave.

And all these laws He wrote on stone
Were but a set of rules,
To drive us to salvation
Like teachers in a school.



To make us come to realise
There is no good in us,
We cannot keep just one command
So to the Lord must come.

Accept His gift of death for us
Admit our raging guilt,
And give our sin to Jesus Christ
So, He our life can fill.

He said we cannot do it
So in Him we need to be,
Then all His strength, His heart, His mind
Is ours eternally.



Then God will look on you and I
Accepted in the Son,
When all God sees is Christ in us,
We're safe within His love.