Revised Standard Version RSV
Good News Translation GNT
1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from deceitful and unjust men deliver me!
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O God, declare me innocent, and defend my cause against the ungodly; deliver me from lying and evil people!
2 For thou art the God in whom I take refuge; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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You are my protector; why have you abandoned me? Why must I go on suffering from the cruelty of my enemies?
3 Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me, let them bring me to thy holy hill and to thy dwelling!
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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.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise thee with the lyre, O God, my God.
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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.
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 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.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.