1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation;
O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Let them bring me to Your holy hill
And to Your dwelling places.
To God my exceeding joy;
And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.
And why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.