¹To the Overseer, `On the Death of Labben.` — A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,

¹¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Muturapena. He himene na Rawiri. Ka whakapaua toku ngakau ki te whakamoemiti ki a Ihowa, ka korerotia e ahau au mahi whakamiharo katoa.

²I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.

²Ka koa ahau, ka whakamanamana ki a koe, ka himene atu ki tou ingoa, e te Runga Rawa.

³In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

³I te hokinga whakamuri o oku hoariri, tutuki ana ratou, ngaro iho i tou aroaro.

⁴For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.

⁴Nau hoki i whakatika aku korero me toku whakawa; i runga koe i te torona e noho ana, e whakarite tika ana.

⁵Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

⁵Kua whakatupehupehu koe ki nga tauiwi, huna ana e koe te tangata kino, horoia atu ana to ratou ingoa ake ake.

⁶O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

⁶Ko te hoariri, mutu pu ratou, he ngaromanga oti tonu iho: a ko nga pa i huna e koe, ngaro whakarere to ratou whakamaharatanga.

⁷And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.

⁷Ko Ihowa ia noho tonu hei kingi ake, ake: kua whakapaia e ia tona torona mo te whakawa.

⁸And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.

⁸A e whakarite ia mo te ao i runga i te tika, ka whakatakoto tikanga mo nga iwi i runga i te pono.

⁹And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

⁹Hei pa teko ano a Ihowa mo te tangata e tukinotia ana, hei pa teko i nga wa o te he.

¹⁰They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

¹⁰A ka whakawhirinaki ki a koe te hunga e matau ana ki tou ingoa: no te mea e kore e whakarerea e koe, e Ihowa, te hunga e rapu ana i a koe.

¹¹Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,

¹¹¶ Himene ki a Ihowa e noho nei i Hiona: whakapuakina i waenganui i nga iwi ana mahi.

¹²For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

¹²Ka whakataki toto ia, ka mahara ia ki a ratou: kahore e wareware i a ia te karanga a te hunga iti.

¹³Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

¹³Tohungia ahau, e Ihowa; titiro ki toku mate i te hunga e kino ana ki ahau, e te kaiwhakaara i ahau i nga tatau o te mate:

¹⁴So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.

¹⁴Kia whakakitea katoatia ai e ahau ou whakamoemiti i nga tatau o te tamahine o Hiona: ka hari ahau ki tau whakaoranga.

¹⁵Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

¹⁵Kua tapoko nga tauiwi ki te rua i keria e ratou: kua mau to ratou waewae i roto i te kupenga i huna e ratou.

¹⁶Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.

¹⁶Kua matauria a Ihowa ki te whakawa e whakaritea ana e ia: he mahanga mo te tangata kino te mahi a ona ringa. (Hikaiono. Hera.

¹⁷The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.

¹⁷Ka hoki nga tangata kino ki te reinga, ara nga iwi katoa e wareware ana ki te Atua.

¹⁸For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

¹⁸E kore hoki e warewarea tonutia te tangata rawakore: e kore e taka tonu ta te hunga iti i tumanako atu ai.

¹⁹Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.

¹⁹E ara, e Ihowa, kei riro i ta te tangata: kia whakawakia nga tauiwi i tou aroaro.

²⁰Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! Selah.

²⁰E Ihowa, meinga ratou kia wehi: kia matau nga tauiwi he tangata nei ano ratou. (Hera.