1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case
against an ungodly nation;
deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
1Judge for me, O God, and plead my cause! From a nation unfaithful, from a man of deceit and injustice, may You deliver me.
2For You are the God of my refuge.
Why have You rejected me?
Why must I walk in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?
2For You are the God of my strength. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in mourning, in the oppression of the enemy?
3Send out Your light and Your truth;
let them lead me.
Let them bring me to Your holy mountain
and to the place where You dwell.
3Send forth Your light and Your truth; they shall guide me; let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to Your dwelling place!
4Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my greatest joy.
I will praise You with the harp,
O God, my God.
4And I will come to the altar of God, to God, the joy of my rejoicing; and I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.
5Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why the unease within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
5Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Wait for God, for still I will praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God.