1Judge me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation. Deliver me from deceitful and unjust people! 2You are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3O send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me! Let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling places. 4I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy. Upon the lyre I will praise you, O God, my God. 5Why am I in despair? Why am I so deeply disturbed within me? I will put my hope in God, for I will praise him as my salvation and my God.