Judge me, O God, and plead my cause
Against a god­less race;
From men de­ceit­ful and un­just
Deliver in Thy grace,
Deliver in Thy grace.

O Thou the God of all my strength,
Why hast Thou cast me off?
Why go I mourn­ing all the day,
While foes op­press and scoff?
While foes op­press and scoff?

O send Thou forth Thy light and truth,
Let them be guides to me,
And bring me to Thy ho­ly hill,
Thy dwell­ing-place to see,
Thy dwell­ing-place to see.

Then will I to God’s al­tar go,
To God, my bound­less joy;
Yea, God, my God, Thy name to praise
My harp I will em­ploy,
My harp I will em­ploy.

Why art thou then cast down, my soul,
What should dis­cour­age thee?
And why with vex­ing thoughts art thou
Disquieted in me?
Disquieted in me?

Hope thou in God; His praise shall yet
My thank­ful lips em­ploy;
He is the spring of all my health,
My God, my bound­less joy,
My God, my bound­less joy.