¹ Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation;
O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! ² For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? ³ O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me;
Let them bring me to Your holy hill
And to Your dwelling places. ⁴ Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God. ⁵ Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.