“Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and wicked men. You are God my stronghold. Why have You rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? Send forth Your light and Your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to Your holy mountain, to the place where You dwell. Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God. Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.”

Clear my name, Lord. Plead my case against this ungodly world in which I live. Liberate me from the wickedness that surrounds me. Lord, help me to realize You are my God and that You want to be my stronghold. Help me to understand that You have not rejected me, that You have not forgotten me and that You remain true to Your word. Lord, help me to realize Your timing is perfect. Help me to reach out for Your light and Your truth, so they might guide me to Your Holy throne. At Your feet, Lord, I will praise You with delight and joy; I will sing Hallelujahs to Your name.

My soul will rejoice with great joy and not be downcast or afraid. If I put all my trust in my Father, then He will guide me through and see me to the end, even through wilderness and desert.