| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked. | 1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men. |
| 2You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? | 2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression? |
| 3Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. | 3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell. |
| 4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God. | 4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God. |
| 5Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. | 5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God. |
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