¹ Vindicate me, my God,
    and plead my cause^(A)
    against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me^(B) from those who are
    deceitful and wicked.^(C)

² You are God my stronghold.
    Why have you rejected^(A) me?
Why must I go about mourning,^(B)
    oppressed by the enemy?^(C)