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T: The Slander of Cush the Benjamite
C: Words: Psalm 7, A Shiggaion of David 
C: Music: Copyright 2026 by Stuart D. Gathman
C: License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
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w:O|LORD my God, in|You I put my|trust: save me from|them that per-se-cute|
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w:me, and de-|li-ver me:|2~Lest he tear my soul|like a li-on,|
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w:rend-ing it in|piec-es, while|there is none to de-|li-ver. 3~O|
[K:F]"F"A2 A A2 A B2|"C7"c2 G2 z2 G2|"Gm7"G2 G G2 G A2|"BbM7"A2 B2 F2 zF|
w:LORD my God, if I've|done this; if|there's i-ni-qui-ty|in my hands; 4~If|
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w:I've re-ward-ed|e-vil to|him that was at|peace with me;|
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w:(yea, I have de-|li-vered him that with-|out cause is my|e-ne-my:) Then|
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w:5~Let the e-ne-my|per-se-cute my|soul, and take it; yea,|let him tread|
w:rise, O LORD, in Your|an-ger,* lift|up Your-self be-cause|of the rage|
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w:down my life* up-|on the earth, and|lay my* ho-nour|in the dust. Se-|lah.* 6~A-|
w:of mine e-ne-mies:|and a-wake for|me to the judg-ment|that You have com-|mand-ed.* |
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w:7~Let the con-gre-|ga-tion of the|peo-ple ga-ther|'round You:|for their sakes there-|
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w:fore re-turn on|high. 8~The|LORD shall judge the|peo-ple: judge|
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w:me, O LORD, ac-|cord-ing to my|right-eous-ness, and ac-|cord-ing to|
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w:my in-te-gri-|ty that is in|me. 9~Oh|let the wick-ed-ness|of the wick-ed|
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w:come to* an|end; but es-|tab-lish the|just: for the|right-eous God|
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w:tries the hearts and|reins.|10~My de-fence is of|God, Who saves the|up-right in|
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w:heart 11~God|jud-ges the right-eous, and|God is an-gry|with the wick-ed|eve-ry day. 12~If|
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w:he turn not, He will|whet His sword; He's|bent his bow, and made|it ready.|13~He has al-so pre-|
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w:pared for him the|in-stru-ments of|death; He or-|dains His ar-rows a-|
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w:gainst the per-se-|cu-tors. 14~Be-|hold, he tra-vails with i-|ni-qui-ty,|
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w:and has con-ceived|mis-chief,|and brought forth|false-hood.|
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w:15~He made a pit, and|dug it, and has|fal-len in-to the ditch|which he made.|
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w:16~His mis-chief|shall re-turn up-|on his own|head, and his|
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w:vi-o-lent deal-ing come|down on his own|pate.| 17I will praise the|LORD ac-cord-ing|
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w:to his right-eous-|ness:|and will sing praise to the|name of the|LORD most|high.|