Remember the Sabbath Day (Exodus 20:8-11) - as sung by Jack Marti

This is the first scripture I ever intentionally put music to for the purpose of memorization. A friend of mine (Dane Griffin) had already done it, but I couldn't remember the melody, so I decided to give it a shot myself. Turns out I'm pretty good at it. I had actually made up a tune a few years earlier that my wife, Laurie, added some of the words of Psalm 113 to, but that was not intentional, at least not on my part. So, for what it's worth, this is where it all started, in terms of my contribution to the scripture song genre.

The song (as with all scripture songs) pretty much speaks for itself.

Remember the sabbath day,
To keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labour,
And do all thy work:
But the seventh day is the sabbath
Of the Lord thy God:
In it thou shalt not do any work,
Thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,
Thy manservant, nor thy maidservant,
Nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
That is within thy gates:
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that in them is,
And rested the seventh day:
Wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day,
and hallowed it.
Exodus twenty, verses eight through eleven:
And God rested on the seventh day.

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[LarkeSongs]

I always try and rest on Sunday (and any other day possible!)

cool tune, a worthy contribution!

[guitmartiman]

@LarkeSongs Thanks, Chris. Part of what we're to remember is that "six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work." Regardless of how many European calendars number the days of the week differently, Sunday is the FIRST day of the week, and thus one of the six days of labor. Saturday is the seventh or sabbath day. I have no axe to grind. Just setting the record straight. "Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind" (Rom. 14: 5) I say along with Paul.

[1961clayton]

Really nice Jack. great delivery of the Mans word

God Bless

Clayton

[guitmartiman]

@1961clayton God's Word. It's only one precept from the decalogue which is the only portion of Holy Writ that was written by God's own finger (Deut. 9:10). It's also the only commandment God literally told us to "remember," and it's the one commandment most of us who call ourselves believers tend to choose to forget. And those of us who choose to remember it are called legalists who are trying to work our way to heaven, when, in fact, the commandment calls on us to rest from our own works.

[coolanddark]

Great song! Happy Sabbath day!

[guitmartiman]

@coolanddark Thanks, Dan!

[guitmartiman]

@pastore0506 Thanks, George. Glad u liked it.

[guitmartiman]

@Fstpicker You're welcome. Glad u enjoyed it, Jeff.

[guitmartiman]

@scifiwritir1 :)

[pastore0506]

Great job Jack!

George