1             Vindicate me, my God,

         and plead my cause

         against an unfaithful nation.

                  Rescue me from those who are

         deceitful and wicked.

     2             You are God my stronghold.

         Why have you rejected me?

                  Why must I go about mourning,

         oppressed by the enemy?

     3             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.

     4             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.

     5             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.