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T: Give Ear to my Words O LORD
C: Words: Psalm 5, A Psalm of David for the choirmaster with flutes.
C: Music: Copyright 2026 by Stuart D. Gathman
C: License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
Q: 1/4=110
K: C
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w: Give ear* to my*    |words, O*  LORD, con-*|si-der my me-di-ta-*|tion. *|
w:2~Hear-ken un-to the*|voice of my cry, my*  |King,** and* my*|God: *|
w:voice shall You hear in the|morn-ing, O LORD; in the|morn-ing will I di-rect my|prayer un-to|
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w:for un-to You will I|pray. 3~My         | *              | * | * |
w: *                  |  *                 |You, and will look|up. 4~For|You are not a God that has|
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w:plea-sure in wick-ed-ness: |nei-ther shall e-vil|dwell with You.|5~The fool-ish shall not|
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w:stand in Your sight: You|hate all work-ers of i-|nii-qui-ty.|6~You shall des-troy them|
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w:that speak false-hood: the|LORD will ab-hor the|bloo-dy and de-ceit-ful|man. 7~But|
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w:as for me, I'll come|in-to Your house in the|mul-ti-tude of Your|mer-cy: and |
w:in Your fear I will|wor-ship* toward Your|ho-ly* tem-*|ple. * 8~Lead|
w:me, O LORD, in Your|right-eous-*ness be-|cause of mine e-ne-|mies; *|
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w:make Your way straight be-fore my|face. 9~For|there is no faith-ful-|ness in their mouth; their|
w:     *                           |   *       |throat is an op-en|se-pul-*chre; their|
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w:in-ward part is ve-ry wick-ed-|ness; their|         troy Thou them, O*|
w:flat-*ter* with* their*|tongue. 10~Des-|          cast them out in the|
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w:God; let them fall by|their own coun-|sels; * | * | * |
w:mul-ti-*tude of|their trans-gres-|sions; for|they have re-belled a-gainst|You.  11~But|
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w:let all* those that put their|trust in You re-|joice:* let them ev-er shout for|joy, be-|
w:cause You pro-tect-ed them: let|them al-so that|love thy name be joy-*ful in|You. * |
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w:12~For You, LORD, will|bless the right-eous;|You will sur-round him with|fa-vor as with a|shield.|