^{1 Ref} Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

^{2 Ref} For thou `art' the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

^{3 Ref} Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They -- they lead me, they bring me in, Unto Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles.

^{4 Ref} And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

^{5 Ref} What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

^{1 Ref} Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

^{2 Ref} You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

^{3 Ref} O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.

^{4 Ref} Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.

^{5 Ref} Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

^{1 Ref} Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

^{2 Ref} For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

^{3 Ref} Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles.

^{4 Ref} Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

^{5 Ref} Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, `Who is' the help of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 44 For the Chief Musician. `A Psalm' of the sons of Korah. Maschil.