¹God, clear my name.

Plead my case against the unjust charges

of these ungodly workers of wickedness.

Deliver me from these lying degenerates.

²For you are where my strength comes from and my protector,[#43:2 Or “God of my strength.”]

so why would you leave me now?

Must I be covered with gloom

while the enemy comes after me, gloating with glee?

³Pour into me the brightness of your daybreak!

Pour into me your rays of revelation-truth!

Let them comfort and gently lead me onto the shining path,

showing the way into your burning presence,

into your many sanctuaries of holiness.

⁴Then I will come closer to your very altar

until I come before you, the God of my ecstatic joy!

I will praise you with the harp that plays in my heart to you,

my God, my magnificent God!

⁵Then I will say to my soul,

“Don’t be discouraged; don’t be disturbed,

for I fully expect my Savior-God to break through for me.

Then I’ll have plenty of reasons to praise him all over again.”

Yes, he is my saving grace!