Psalm 52:1-9 ( Tune: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name) Words: The Book of Psalms for Singing, 52A Music: All Hail the Power, Oliver Holden Arrangement: Chris Reeves

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.

The lov- ing kind-ness of our God is pres-ent all day long.

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.

Your tongue a sharp-ened ra-zor is, a work-er of de-ceit.

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.

You cher-ish all de - vour - ing words, O tongue which lies de-light.

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.

Will tear you from your dwell-ing place… up-root you from the land.

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.”

“Be-hold the man who would not make… our God his strength and stay.”

6. This is the man who placed his trust in… wealth’s a-bun-dant store, And in the e - vil he de-sired con-firmed… him-self the more.

And in the e - vil he de-sired con-firmed… him - self the more.

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.

And in the stead-fast love of God my trust shall e - ver be.

8. For - e - ver I will give Thee thanks what… Thou hast done pro-claim. In pre-sence of Thy god - ly ones I’ll wait on Thy good name.

In pre-sence of Thy god - ly ones I’ll wait on Thy good name.