¹An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.

¹¶ He Makiri na Ahapa. E te Atua, he aha i panga ai matou e koe ake ake? He aha i pongere ai tou riri ki nga hipi o tau mara?

²Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion — Thou didst dwell in it.

²Mahara ki tau whakaminenga i hokona e koe i mua, i utua e koe hei iwi mo tou kainga tupu; a ki tenei Maunga Hiona i nohoia nei e koe.

³Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.

³Hiki ake ou waewae ki nga whakangaromanga e mau tonu nei, ki nga mahi kino katoa a te hoariri ki te wahi tapu.

⁴Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.

⁴Kua hamama nei ou hoariri i waenganui i au whakaminenga, kua whakaturia e ratou a ratou kara hei tohu.

⁵He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood — axes.

⁵E rite ana ratou ki nga tangata e hapai ana i te titaha ki te puia rakau.

⁶And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,

⁶Inaianei ia e tukitukia ana e ratou ona mea whakairo, pakaruhia iho ana ki te titaha, ki te hama.

⁷They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,

⁷Kua toua tou wahi tapu ki te kapura, kua noa i a ratou te nohoanga o tou ingoa, kei te whenua e takoto ana.

⁸They said in their hearts, `Let us oppress them together,` They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.

⁸I mea to ratou ngakau, Me whakangaro ratou a poto ake: kua tahuna e ratou nga whare huihui katoa o te Atua i te whenua.

⁹Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.

⁹Kahore matou e kite i o matou tohu, kahore atu he poropiti, kahore hoki tetahi o matou e matau ana kia pehea ake te roa.

¹⁰Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?

¹⁰E te Atua, kia pehea ake te roa o te tawai a te hoariri? Ka kohukohu tonu ranei te hoariri ki tou ingoa ake ake?

¹¹Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it].

¹¹He aha i pepeke ai tou ringa, tou matau? Unuhia i roto i tou uma, whakamotitia ratou.

¹²And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

¹²¶ Ko te Atua ia toku Kingi o tua iho, e mahi whakaora ana i waenganui i te whenua.

¹³Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,

¹³Nau, na tou kaha i wawae te moana: pakaru ana i a koe nga matenga o nga tarakona i nga wai.

¹⁴Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.

¹⁴Mongamonga noa i a koe nga matenga o rewiatana: a hoatu ana ia e koe hei kai ma te iwi o te koraha.

¹⁵Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.

¹⁵I wahia e koe te puna me te roma; mimiti ake i a koe nga awa nunui.

¹⁶Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver — the sun.

¹⁶Nau te ao, nau hoki te po; nau i whakarite te marama me te ra.

¹⁷Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.

¹⁷Nau i whakatu nga rohe katoa o te whenua: te raumati me te hotoke, he mea whakarite ena nau.

¹⁸Remember this — an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

¹⁸¶ Kia mahara ki tenei, kua tawai te hoariri, e Ihowa: kua kohukohu te hunga poauau ki tou ingoa.

¹⁹Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.

¹⁹Kaua e tukua te wairua o tau kukupa ki te kirehe: kei wareware ake ake ki te whakaminenga o au rawakore.

²⁰Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

²⁰Whakaaroa te kawenata; kua kiki hoki nga wahi pouri o te whenua i nga nohoanga nanakia.

²¹Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,

²¹Kei hoki whakama mai te tangata e tukinotia ana: kia whakamoemititia tou ingoa e te ware, e te rawakore.

²²Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.

²²E ara, e te Atua, tohea tau tohe: mahara ki ta te tangata poauau tawai ki a koe a pau noa te ra.

²³Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!

²³Kei wareware ki te reo o ou hoariri: e kake tonu ana te ngangau a te hunga e whakatika ana ki a koe.