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1 Establish justice for me, God! Argue my case against ungodly people! Rescue me from the dishonest and unjust!
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Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked.
2 Because you are my God, my protective fortress! Why have you rejected me? Why do I have to walk around, sad, oppressed by enemies?
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You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?
3 Send your light and truth—those will guide me! Let them bring me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling place.
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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 Let me come to God's altar— let me come to God, my joy, my delight— then I will give you thanks with the lyre, God, my God!
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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, I ask myself, are you so depressed? Why are you so upset inside? Hope in God! Because I will again give him thanks, my saving presence and my God.
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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.
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