| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Vindicate me, God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man. | 1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men! |
| 2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I go about in sorrow because of the enemy's oppression? | 2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me? |
| 3Send Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, to Your dwelling place. | 3Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live. |
| 4Then I will come to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the lyre, God, my God. | 4Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp. |
| 5Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him, my Savior and my God. | 5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention. |
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