1Be Thou my judge, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation;

O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

2For Thou art the God of my strength; why hast Thou cast me off?

Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?

3O send out Thy light and Thy truth; let them lead me;

Let them bring me unto Thy holy mountain, and to Thy dwelling-places.

4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God, my exceeding joy;

And praise Thee upon the harp, O God, my God.

5Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

And why moanest thou within me?

Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him,

The salvation of my countenance, and my God.