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

     2For Thou art the God of my strength; why hast Thou rejected me?
            Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

     3O send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me;
            Let them bring me to Thy holy hill,
            And to Thy dwelling places.

     4Then I will go to the altar of God,
            To God my exceeding joy;
            And upon the lyre I shall praise Thee, O God, my God.

     5Why 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.