1  Be Thou my judge, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

title  A Psalm of David.

1  Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: deliver me from the unjust and crafty man.

1  JUDGE me, O God, and avenge my cause against a merciless people; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

2  For Thou art the God of my strength; why hast Thou cast me off? Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?

2  For thou, O God, art my strength: wherefore hast thou cast me off? and why do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses me?

2  For you are God, my strength. Why have you rejected me? And why do I walk in sadness, while the adversary afflicts me?

3  O send out Thy light and Thy truth; let them lead me; let them bring me unto Thy holy mountain, and to Thy dwelling-places.

3  Send forth thy light and thy truth: they have led me, and brought me to thy holy mountain, and to thy tabernacles.

3  Send forth your light and your truth. They have guided me and led me, to your holy mountain and into your tabernacles.

4  Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God, my exceeding joy; and praise Thee upon the harp, O God, my God.

4  And I will enter, up to the altar of God, to God who enlivens my youthfulness. To you, O God, my God, I will confess upon a stringed instrument.

5  Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

5  Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

5  Why are you sad, my soul? And why do you disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance and my God.