1 J udge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

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

2 F or thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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

3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

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

4 T hen will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

Then 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.

5 W hy art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Why 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.