¹A Song of Ascents; of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

¹¶ He waiata; he pikitanga. Na Rawiri. Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, he ki tenei ma Iharaira:

²If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;

²Me kaua a Ihowa i a tatou, i te whakatikanga mai o te tangata ki a tatou;

³Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

³Penei kua horomia oratia tatou e ratou, i te muranga o to ratou riri ki a tatou.

⁴Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;

⁴Kua ngaro tatou i nga wai, kua taupokina o tatou wairua e te ia.

⁵Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

⁵Penei kua taupokina o tatou wairua e nga wai whakakake.

⁶Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

⁶¶ Kia whakapaingia a Ihowa, kihai nei i tuku i a tatou hei ngaunga ma o ratou niho.

⁷Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

⁷Kua mawhiti o tatou wairua, me he manu i roto i te mahanga a nga kaihopu; kua motu te mahanga, a mawhiti ana tatou.

⁸Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.

⁸Kei te ingoa o Ihowa he awhina mo tatou, kei te kaihanga i te rangi, i te whenua.