Psalm 52:1-9 ( Tune: All Hail the Power of Jesus

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Psalm 521-9( Tune All Hail the Power of Jesus
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Words The Book of Psalms for Singing, 52A Music
All Hail the Power, Oliver Holden Arrangement
Chris Reeves
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1. Why boast your-self O might-y man of
e - vil and of wrong?
The lov- ing kind-ness of our God is
pres-ent all day long.
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The lov- ing kind-ness of our God is
pres-ent all day long.
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2. You with your sub-tle tongue have

planned de-struc-tion to com-plete.
Your tongue a sharp-ened ra - zor is, a
work-er of de - ceit.
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Your tongue a sharp-ened ra-zor is, a
work-er of de-ceit.
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3. You cher-ish e-vil more than good and
false-hood

more than right.
You cher-ish all de - vour - ing words, O
tongue
which
lies de-light.
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You cher-ish all de - vour - ing words, O
tongue which lies de-light.
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4. For - ev - er God will pull you down,
will seize you with

his hand,
Will tear you from your dwell-ing place, up-root
you from the land.
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Will tear you from your dwell-ing place

up-root you from the land.
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5. The right-eous will be-hold and fear, will
laugh at him and say,
Be-hold the man who would not make our God his
strength

and stay.
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Be-hold the man who would not make

our God his strength and stay.
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6. This is the man who placed his trust
in
wealths a-bun-dant
store,
And in the e - vil he de-sired
con-firmed

him-self the more.
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And in the e - vil he de-sired
con-firmed
him -
self the more.
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7. But I with-in the house of God
am like an o - live tree,
And in the stead-fast love of God my
trust shall e - ver be.
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And in the stead-fast love of God my trust
shall e - ver be.
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8. For - e - ver I will give Thee thanks
what
Thou hast done
pro-claim.
In pre-sence of Thy god - ly ones Ill
wait on Thy good name.
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In pre-sence of Thy god - ly ones Ill
wait on Thy good name.