This is another Gelineau psalm, this time Psalm 42 (43) by Joseph Gelineau.
Verse six isn’t part of a psalm at all really.
I note The Australian Hymn Book gives two alternative antiphons, written by Anthony Gregory Murray, who we have come across before as 3/4 of the Wiggles.
GIA still sells the unrevised Gelineau Grail Psalms — well the verses at least are the original. (I’m told that including an M dash is a tell that this was written by AI.)
I was going to skip thesepsalms, but I’ve had a go at a backing. I’m pretty sure the tempo between the verses and the refrain is a little off but it’s an attempt.
Antiphon
I will go to the altar of God: praise the God of my joy.
1 Defend me, O God, and plead my cause
against a godless nation.
From deceitful and cunning men
rescue me, O God.2 Since you, O God, are my stronghold,
why have you rejected me?
Why do I go mourning
oppressed by the foe?3 O send forth your light and your truth;
let these be my guide.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to the place where you dwell.4 And I will come to the altar of God,
the God of my joy.
My redeemer, I will thank you on the harp,
O God, my God!5 Why are you cast down my soul,
why groan within me?
Hope in God, I will praise him still,
my Saviour and my God.6 Praise the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit,
both now and forever,
The God who is, who was, and who will be,
world without end.