1VINDICATE me, O God,
and defend my cause against an ungodly nation.
Deliver me from deceitful and unjust men!
2 You are the God of my strength.
Why have You cast me off?
Why must I go about mournfully,
because I am oppressed by my enemies?
3 Send forth Your light and Your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to Your holy mountain,
to the place where You dwell.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my greatest joy.
With the harp I will praise You,
O God, my God.
5 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Place your hope in God,
for I will yet praise Him,
my Saviour, and my God.