Psalm 43

Vindicate me, my God,
    and plead my cause 
    against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me from those who are
    deceitful and wicked. 
² You are God my stronghold.
    Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning, 
    oppressed by the enemy? 
³ Send 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. 
⁴ Then 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.

⁵ Why, 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.