_David praying to be restored to the temple, promiseth to serve God
joyfully.—He encourageth his soul to trust in God._
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O
deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
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?
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring
me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
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.
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.
This Psalm is of the same purport as the preceding; and David uses
almost the same expressions. He desires to go into the house of God in
the light and truth of God: that is, he desires to be comforted, under
his distress and temptation, by the word of God.