1 V indicate me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

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

2 F or 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?

For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

3 O h, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle.

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

4 T hen 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.

Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

5 W hy 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.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.