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Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and wicked men.

Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked.

You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?

You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?

Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.

Send 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.

Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.

Then 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.

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

Why, 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.