​¹Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly people;
from those who are deceitful and unjust
deliver me!
²For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you cast me off?
Why must I walk about mournfully
because of the oppression of the enemy?
³O send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy hill
and to your dwelling.
⁴Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy;
and I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.
⁵Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.