1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation;

*Save me from the deceitful and unjust person!

2 For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me?

Why do I go about mourning *because of the oppression of the enemy?

3 Send out Your light and Your truth, they shall lead me;

They shall bring me to Your holy hill

And to Your dwelling places.

4 Then I will go to the altar of God,

To God *my exceeding joy;

And I will praise You on the lyre, God, my God.

5 Why are you *in despair, my soul?

And why are you restless within me?

Wait for God, for I will *again praise *Him

For the *help of His presence, my God.