1 Give judgement for me, O God,
and defend my cause against an ungodly people; ♦︎
deliver me from the deceitful and the wicked.
2 For you are the God of my refuge;
why have you cast me from you, ♦︎
and why go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresses me?
3 O send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, ♦︎
and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling,
4 That I may go to the altar of God,
to the God of my joy and gladness; ♦︎
and on the lyre I will give thanks to you, O God my God.
5 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul, ♦︎
and why are you so disquieted within me?
6 O put your trust in God; ♦︎
for I will yet give him thanks,
who is the help of my countenance, and my God.