¹A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

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.

²Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes look upon equity.

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 visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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 for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

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.

⁵My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

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

⁶I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, [and] 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.

⁷Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge [in thee ]From those that rise up [against them].

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 of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

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

⁹From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

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

¹⁰They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.

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

¹¹They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.

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.

¹²He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking 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, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by 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 by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

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.

¹⁵As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] 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.