A Prayer For Rescue

1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the deceitful and unrighteous man.

1 (A)Vindicate me, O God, and (B)plead my case against an ungodly nation;(a)O deliver me from (C)the deceitful and unjust man!

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

1 Vindicate me, God, and defend my causeagainst an ungodly nation;rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.(A)

1 You be my judge, God, and plead my case against an unholy nation; rescue 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 about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

2 For You are the (D)God of my strength; why have You (E)rejected me?Why do I go (F)mourning (b)because of the oppression of the enemy?

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?

2 For You are the God of my refuge.Why have You rejected me?Why must I go about in sorrowbecause of the enemy’s oppression?(B)

2 Since you are the God who strengthens me, why have you forsaken me? Why do I go around mourning under the enemy's oppression?"

3 Send out thy light and thy truth: they shall lead me, they shall bring me to thy holy mount, and unto thy habitations.

3 O send out Your (G)light and Your truth, let them lead me;Let them bring me to Your (H)holy hillAnd to Your (I)dwelling places.

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.

3 Send Your light and Your truth; let them lead me.(C)Let them bring me to Your holy mountain,to Your dwelling place.(D)

3 Send forth your light and your truth so they may guide me. Let them bring me to your holy mountain and to your dwelling places.

4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto the God of the gladness of my joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

4 Then I will go to (J)the altar of God,To God (c)my exceeding (K)joy;And upon the (L)lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.

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.

4 Then I will come to the altar of God,to God, my greatest joy.(E)I will praise You with the lyre,God, my God.(F)

4 Then I will approach the altar of God, even to God in whom my joy finds its source. Then I will praise you with the lyre, God, my God,

5 Why art thou cast down, 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.

5 (M)Why are you (d)in despair, O my soul?And why are you disturbed within me?(e)Hope in God, for I shall (f)again praise Him,The (g)help of my countenance and 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.

5 Why am I so depressed?Why this turmoil within me?Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,my Savior and my God.(G)

5 Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will praise him once again, since his presence saves me and he is my God. To the Director: An instruction of the Sons of Korah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

King James Version Public Domain

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org