¹A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.

¹¶ He inoi na Rawiri. Whakarongo ki te tika, e Ihowa, tahuri mai ki taku karanga, kia titaha mai tou taringa ki taku inoi, ara ki ta te ngutu tinihangakore.

²From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

²Kia puta mai te whakaritenga o taku whakawa i tou aroaro; tirohia mai e ou kanohi te mea rite.

³Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

³Kua whakamatauria e koe toku ngakau; kua tirotirohia iho ahau e koe i te po; kua whakamatau koe i ahau, a kahore he mea i kitea e koe; e mea ana ahau kia kaua e hara toku mangai.

⁴As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

⁴Ko nga mahi ia a te tangata, ko nga kupu a tou mangai taku mea hei pa mai i ahau i nga ara o te kaiwhakangaro.

⁵To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

⁵I whakaukia oku hikoinga ki au ara, kihai i paheke oku waewae.

⁶I — I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

⁶Kua karanga nei ahau ki a koe, no te mea ka whakahoki kupu mai koe, e te Atua, ki ahau: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki ahau, whakarongo ki taku kupu.

⁷Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.

⁷Whakaaturia tou aroha whakamiharo, ko koe hoki, ko tou matau, te kaiwhakaora mo te hunga e whakawhirinaki ana ki a koe, i te hunga e whakatika mai ana.

⁸Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.

⁸¶ Tiakina ahau, ano ko te whatu o te kanohi, huna ahau ki raro i te taumarumarutanga o ou pakau,

⁹From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

⁹I te hunga kino e tukino nei i ahau, i oku hoariri whakamate e karapoti nei i ahau.

¹⁰Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

¹⁰E kopakia ana ratou e o ratou ngako: e korero whakapehapeha ana o ratou mangai.

¹¹`Our steps now have compassed [him];` Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

¹¹Tenei o matou hikoinga te karapotia nei e ratou: matatau tonu iho o ratou kanohi ki te tuku iho i a matou ki te whenua.

¹²His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.

¹²Kei te raiona e hiahia ana ki te hopu kai te rite, kei te kuao raiona e piri ana i nga wahi ngaro.

¹³Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

¹³E ara, e Ihowa, haukotia tona aroaro, turakina ia ki raro; whakaorangia toku wairua ki tau hoari i te tangata kino;

¹⁴From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

¹⁴I nga tangata, ma tou ringa, e Ihowa, i nga tangata o te ao: kei tenei ora nei to ratou wahi, a e whakakiia ana o ratou kopu e koe ki tau taonga. E kiki ana ratou i te tamariki, whakarerea iho nga toenga o a ratou taonga ki a ratou kohungahunga.

¹⁵I — in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Thy form!

¹⁵Ko ahau, e kite ahau i tou mata i runga i te tika, a ka tatu toku ngakau, ina oho ake ahau, kia kite i tou ahua.