1.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Nation — So he calls the company of his enemies for their great numbers.
Man — Probably Achitophel or Absalom.
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.
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Send out — That is, actually discover them.
Truth — Thy favour, or the light of thy countenance, and the truth of thy promises made to me; or the true-light, the illumination of thy spirit, and the direction of thy gracious providence, whereby I may be led in the right way, to thy holy hill.
Hill — Of Zion, the place of God's presence and worship.
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.