1 Vindicate me, my God,
and plead my cause
against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me from those who are
deceitful and wicked.
2 You are God my stronghold.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?
3 Send me your light and your faithful care,
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to the place where you dwell.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my joy and my delight.
I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
Dear Lord,
We ask of you to remind us that You are always with us. Even in the events that we feel most alone, allow us to look to You in our time of need so that we may keep our hope, that one day the suffering will end. Remind us to pray to you, even despite our doubts, and in the times when we start to question our faith and Your plan, that we may regain the strength to persevere through the thoughts that cloud our judgment. May we look to Your light in our times of darkness.
Amen.
