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1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from those who are deceitful and unjust deliver me!
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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 For 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?
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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 O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling.
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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 Then 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.
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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 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.
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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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