1. 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

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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.”

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

12. 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.

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

14. 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.

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

16. 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.

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