(May be sung to the tune of "Sink the Bismark," verse only)
1. Com
(C)mand- ments number nine and ten get (F)right down to the (D)heart. Let's
(F)look at them together then and (D)not break them apart. Al-
(C)though they (F)sound an (C)awful lot like words we've heard before, they're
(C)not repeats of six and sev'n, they (F)tell us something (C)more.
2. These
two commandments tell us that we should not lead astray our
neigh- bors wife or hired help nor should we take away his
house or fields or cattle even though we may devise a
way that might look right and legal to our worldly eyes.
3. But
in addition to these thoughts they al- so say that we should
not our neighbor's house or home de- sire secretly. For
if we long for what is theirs or think of ways to take their
pro- perty away from them then these commands we break.
4. So
these commandments recognise that an- y form of sin Al-
though it shows itself without, it al- ways starts within. They
tell us if we want to do what's right we have to start By
clean- ing up the thoughts and motives com- ing from our heart.
5. Then
if by these commandments we are tru- ly to abide- and
this is true of all of them- we must begin inside. And
that is why in every one it real- ly isn't odd, we're
told we start our keeping by---- our fear and love of God.
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