| New International Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked. | 1Vindicate me, God, and champion my cause against an unfaithful nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust person. |
| 2You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? | 2For you are the God of my refuge. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about in sorrow because of the enemy's oppression? |
| 3Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. | 3Send your light and your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling place. |
| 4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God. | 4Then I will come to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise you with the lyre, God, my God. |
| 5Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. | 5Why, my soul, are you so dejected? Why are you in such turmoil? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him, my Savior and my God. |
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