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T: Help Lord! For the Godly Man Ceases
C: Words: Psalm 12
C: Music: Copyright 2026 Stuart D. Gathman
C: License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=110
K: Am
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w:Help Lord!* For the|god-ly man*|cea-ses, for the*|faith-ful fail*|
w:They speak* va-ni-|ty each one*|with his neigh-bor with|flatt-'ring lips*|
w:LORD will cut off all|flatt-'ring lips,*|and the tongue that*|speaks proud things. Who|
w:say, "With* our tongue|we'll pre-vail.  We|own our lips - who|is our Lord?"* |
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w:From a-mong the|sons of men. * | For the op-pres-sion|of the poor,|
w:and with dou-ble|heart they speak. The| * | * |
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w:for the sigh-ing|of the nee-dy,|now will I a-|rise, says the LORD, I'll|set him in safe-ty|
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w:from him that threat-ens|him. The|words of the LORD are|pure words, as|
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w:sil-ver tried in a|fur-nace of earth|pur-i-fied se-ven times.|
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w:*You will keep them O|LORD, you will pre-*|
w:The wick-ed walk on*|ev-'ry side when the|
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w:serve them from this gen-er-|a-tion for-ev-er.|*|
w:vi-lest men* are ex-|*|alt-ed.|