New King James Version NKJV
New Living Translation NLT
1 Vindicate me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!
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Declare me innocent, O God! Defend me against these ungodly people. Rescue me from these unjust liars.
2 For You are the God of my strength; Why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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For you are God, my only safe haven. Why have you tossed me aside? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?
3 Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle.
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Send out your light and your truth; let them guide me. Let them lead me to your holy mountain, to the place where you live.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.
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There I will go to the altar of God, to God—the source of all my joy. I will praise you with my harp, 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 yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
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Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!