Prayer for Help.

1Vindicate me, God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation;

[a]Save me from the deceitful and unjust person!

2For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me?

Why do I go about mourning [b]because of the oppression of the enemy?

3Send out Your light and Your truth, they shall lead me;

They shall bring me to Your holy hill

And to Your dwelling places.

4Then I will go to the altar of God,

To God [c]my exceeding joy;

And I will praise You on the lyre, God, my God.

5Why are you [d]in despair, my soul?

And why are you restless within me?

Wait for God, for I will [e]again praise [f]Him

For the [g]help of His presence, my God.