¹Lo, all — hath mine eye seen, Heard hath mine ear, and it attendeth to it.

¹¶ Nana, kua kitea katoatia tenei e toku kanohi, kua rongo toku taringa, kua mohio.

²According to your knowledge I have known — also I. I am not fallen more than you.

²Ko ta koutou e mohio na, ko taku ano tena e mohio nei: kahore hoki ahau i hoki iho i a koutou.

³Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.

³Ina, e whai kupu ano ahau ki te Kaha Rawa: a e hiahia ana ki te korerorero ki te Atua.

⁴And yet, ye [are] forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought — all of you,

⁴Ko koutou ia, he hunga tito i te teka, he rata horihori noa koutou katoa.

⁵O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

⁵Te pai na, me i mutu rawa a koutou korero! Ko to koutou whakaaro nui hoki tena.

⁶Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,

⁶Tena ra, whakarongo mai ki taku tautohe, maharatia nga whawhai a oku ngutu.

⁷For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?

⁷Me tautoko ta te Atua ki te kupu kino? me tautoko ranei tana ki te tinihanga?

⁸His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?

⁸Ka whakapai kanohi koia koutou ki a ia? Ma koutou ranei ta te Atua tautohe?

⁹Is [it] good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?

⁹He pai ranei kia rapua ta koutou e ia? E maminga ranei koutou ki a ia, e pera me tetahi ka maminga nei ki te tangata?

¹⁰He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.

¹⁰He pono ka whakahe ia ki a koutou ki te whakapai puku koutou i te kanohi.

¹¹Doth not His excellency terrify you? And His dread fall upon you?

¹¹E kore ranei koutou e mataku ki tona nui? E kore ranei te wehi ki a ia e tau ki a koutou?

¹²Your remembrances [are] similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.

¹²Ko a koutou pepeha nunui he whakatauki no te pungarehu, ko o koutou parepare he parepare paru.

¹³Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?

¹³¶ Kati te korero, waiho noa iho ahau, kia korero ai ahau, ahakoa pa mai te aha ki ahau.

¹⁴Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?

¹⁴He aha oku kikokiko i ngaua ai e oku niho? He aha toku wairua i waiho ai e ahau i roto i toku ringa?

¹⁵Lo, He doth slay me — I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.

¹⁵Ahakoa whakamate noa ia i ahau, ka tatari tonu ahau ki a ia: otiia ka mau tonu ahau ki oku ara i tona aroaro.

¹⁶Also — He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.

¹⁶Ko tenei hoki hei oranga moku; e kore hoki te tangata atuakore e tae mai ki tona aroaro.

¹⁷Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.

¹⁷Ata whakarongo ki aku korero: kia anga mai o koutou taringa ki taku e whakapuaki nei.

¹⁸Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.

¹⁸Na kua takoto taku mo te whakawa; e mohio ana ahau he tika ahau.

¹⁹Who [is] he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.

¹⁹Ko wai ia hei totohe ki ahau? Ka whakarongo puku hoki ahau aianei, a ka hemo ahau.

²⁰Only two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden.

²⁰Engari kaua nga mea e rua e meatia mai ki ahau; katahi ahau ka kore e huna i ahau i tou mata.

²¹Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.

²¹Kia matara atu tou ringa ki tawhiti i ahau; a kaua ahau e whakawehia e te mataku ki a koe.

²²And call Thou, and I — I answer, Or — I speak, and answer Thou me.

²²Ko reira, mau e karanga, a maku e whakao atu; maku ranei e korero, a mau e whakahoki kupu mai ki ahau.

²³How many iniquities and sins have I? My transgression and my sin let me know.

²³¶ Ka hia ra oku kino, oku hara? Meinga ahau kia matau ki toku he me toku hara.

²⁴Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

²⁴He aha tou mata i huna ai e koe? He aha ahau i kiia ai e koe he hoariri?

²⁵A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?

²⁵E kapokapohia ranei e koe te pakawha e puhia haeretia ana? E whaia ranei e koe te papapa maroke?

²⁶For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:

²⁶Kei te tuhituhi na hoki koe i nga mea kawa moku, e mea ana hoki kia riro mai i ahau nga he o toku taitamarikitanga.

²⁷And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,

²⁷Karapitia iho e koe oku waewae ki te rakau, he mea tohu nau oku ara katoa, a he mea tuhi nau oku takahanga waewae tawhio noa:

²⁸And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.

²⁸Ahakoa toku rite kei te mea pirau, e memeha noa ana, kei te kakahu e kainga ana e te purehurehu.