New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
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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Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.
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 the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?
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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O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.
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 up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, 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 are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
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