1Vindicate me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

2For You are the God of my strength; Why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

3Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle.

4Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.

5Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.