Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 O God, declare me innocent, and defend my cause against the ungodly; deliver me from lying and evil people!
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Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
2 You are my protector; why have you abandoned me? Why must I go on suffering from the cruelty of my enemies?
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For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Send your light and your truth; may they lead me and bring me back to Zion, your sacred hill, and to your Temple, where you live.
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Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
4 Then I will go to your altar, O God; you are the source of my happiness. I will play my harp and sing praise to you, O God, my God.
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Then I will go to the altar of God, To God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
5 Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God.
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Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, The saving help of my face, and my God.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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