1Judge me, O God, and plead my case
against an unfaithful nation.
From a man of deceit and wickedness rescue me,
2because you are the God of my refuge.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?
3Send your light and your truth;
they shall lead me.
They shall bring me to your holy mountain
and to your dwelling places.
4Then I will go to the altar of God,[#Or “And”]
to God, my surpassing joy,
and I will praise you with lyre,
O God, my God.
5Why are you in despair, O my soul?[#Literally “bowed down”]
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, because I will again praise him,
my salvation and my God.