| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Vindicate me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! | 1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men. |
| 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? | 2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression? |
| 3Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle. | 3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell. |
| 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. | 4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, 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. | 5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God. |
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