1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
<html><b>Avenge me</b> Heb. שפטני, lit. judge me. <b>against an unkind nation</b> That is Ishmael, who dwelt between two righteous men [Abraham and Isaac] and did not learn from their deeds.</html>
<html><b>Send Your light and Your truth</b> The King Messiah, who is compared to light, as it is stated (below 132:17): “I have set up a lamp for my anointed,” and Elijah the prophet, who is true, a faithful prophet. <b>that they may lead me</b> Heb. ינחוני, menoront moi in old French, they shall lead me.</html>
<html><b>to the God</b> To the Holy One, blessed be He, who is the joy of my exultation. <b>and I will thank You with a lyre</b> because You took me out of my exile.</html>