| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. | 1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men! |
| 2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? | 2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me? |
| 3O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. | 3Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live. |
| 4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. | 4Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp. |
| 5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. | 5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention. |
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