¹Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

¹¶ He waiata, he himene ma nga tama a Koraha. He nui a Ihowa, kia nui hoki te whakamoemiti ki a ia i te pa o to tatou Atua, i te maunga o tona tapu.

²Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

²Ataahua ana te tairanga o Maunga Hiona, ko ta te ao katoa e koa ai: kei te taha ki te raki te pa o te Kingi nui.

³God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

³E matauria ana te Atua i roto i ona whare papai hei piringa.

⁴For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

⁴Na, huihui tahi mai ana nga kingi haere tahi atu ana ratou.

⁵They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

⁵I kite ratou, miharo iho: raruraru ana, hohoro tonu atu.

⁶Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

⁶Pa ana te wehi ki a ratou i reira, te mamae, ano he wahine e whanau ana.

⁷Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

⁷E wahia ana e koe nga kaipuke o Tarahihi ki te marangai.

⁸As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

⁸¶ Rite tonu ki ta matou i rongo ai, ta matou i kite ai i roto i te pa o Ihowa o nga mano, i te pa o to tatou Atua: ma te Atua e whakapumau ake ake. (Hera.

⁹We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

⁹I whakaaroaro matou ki tou atawhai, e te Atua, i waenganui o tou temepara.

¹⁰According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

¹⁰E te Atua, rite tahi ki tou ingoa te whakamoemiti mou, tae noa atu ki nga pito o te whenua: ki tonu tou matau i te tika.

¹¹Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

¹¹Kia hari a Maunga Hiona, kia koa nga tamahine a Hura i au whakaritenga.

¹²Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

¹²Taiawhiotia a Hiona, haere, a kopiko noa mai: taua ona pourewa.

¹³Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

¹³Maharatia ona pekerangi, tirohia ona whare papai; hei korerotanga ma koutou ki enei ake whakatupuranga.

¹⁴For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

¹⁴Ko tenei Atua hoki te Atua mo tatou ake ake: ko ia hei kaiarahi i a tatou a mate noa.