O come, My peo­ple, to my Law,
Attentively give ear;
With will­ing heart and teach­able
The words of wis­dom hear.

My mouth shall speak in pa­ra­bles
Of hid­den truths of old,
Which, hand­ed down from age to age,
To us our fa­thers told.

We will not from their child­ren hide
Jehovah’s wor­thy praise,
But tell the great­ness of His strength,
His won­drous works and ways.

A tes­ti­mo­ny and a law
The Lord our God de­creed,
And bade our fa­thers teach their sons,
That they His ways might heed.

He willed that each suc­ceed­ing race
His deeds might learn and know,
And child­ren’s child­ren to their sons
Might all these won­ders show.

Let child­ren learn God’s right­eous ways
And on Him stay their heart,
That they may not for­get His works,
Nor from His ways deepart.