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

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

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

4Then 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.

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.

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