| King James Bible | New International Version |
| 1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. | 1Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked. |
| 2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? | 2You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? |
| 3O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. | 3Send 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. |
| 4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. | 4Then 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. |
| 5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. | 5Why, 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. |
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