[1] Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.   Oh,
deliver me from deceitful and wicked men. [2] For you are the God of my
strength. Why have you rejected me?    Why do I go mourning because of the
oppression of the enemy? [3] Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let
them lead me.    Let them bring me to your holy hill,    To your tents. [4]
Then I will go to the altar of God,    To God, my exceeding joy. I will
praise you on the harp, God, my God. [5] Why are you in despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise
him,    The saving help of my face, and my God.      Psalm 44       For the
Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.