¹For the Chief Musician; set to Aijaleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?

¹¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Airete Hahara. He himene na Rawiri. E toku Atua, e toku Atua, he aha koe i whakarere ai i ahau? he aha koe i matara atu ai ki te whakaora i ahau i nga kupu hoki o taku hamama?

²O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.

²E toku Atua, e karanga nei ahau i te awatea, heoi kahore koe e rongo, i te po ano kahore ahau e wahangu.

³But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

³Otiia he tapu koe, kei nga whakamoemiti a Iharaira tou nohoanga.

⁴Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

⁴I whakawhirinaki o matou matua ki a koe, i whakawhirinaki, a whakaorangia ana e koe.

⁵They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.

⁵I karanga ratou ki a koe, a kua ora; i whakawhirinaki ki a koe, a kihai i whakama.

⁶But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.

⁶Ko ahau ia he toke, ehara i te tangata: e tawaia ana e te tangata, e whakahaweatia ana e te iwi.

⁷All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],

⁷Kataina iho ahau e te hunga katoa e kite ana i ahau, ko ana o ratou ngutu, ruru ana o ratou matenga, e ki mai ana,

⁸Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

⁸Tukua atu koe ki a Ihowa, mana ia e whakaora: mana ia e whakaora, e pai ana hoki ia ki a ia.

⁹But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.

⁹Nau ia ahau i whakawhanau mai i roto i te kopu, i mea hoki kia tumanako, i ahau i nga u o toku whaea.

¹⁰I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

¹⁰He mea whakarere atu ahau ki runga ki a koe no te kopu mai; ko koe toku Atua no te kopu mai ano o toku whaea.

¹¹Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.

¹¹¶ Kei mamao atu i ahau, e tata ana hoki te he, kahore hoki he kaiawhina.

¹²Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

¹²He tini nga puru e karapoti nei i ahau: e whakapaea ana ahau e nga mea kaha o Pahana.

¹³They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.

¹³E hamama ana o ratou mangai ki ahau, ano he raiona e haehae ana, e hamama ana.

¹⁴I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

¹⁴Kua ringihia ahau, ano he wai, kua takoki katoa oku iwi; me te ware pi toku ngakau, e rewa ana i waenganui i oku whekau.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

¹⁵Kua maroke toku kaha, ano he maramara rihi, piri tonu toku arero ki oku kauae; kua whakatakotoria ano ahau e koe ki te puehu o te mate.

¹⁶For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁶Kua karapotia nei hoki ahau e te kirehe, kua muia e te whakaminenga o nga tangata hara: kua pokaia e ratou oku ringa me oku waewae.

¹⁷I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.

¹⁷E taea e ahau te tatau oku iwi katoa: e titiro mai ana ratou, e matakitaki ana ki ahau.

¹⁸They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

¹⁸E wehewehea ana oku kakahu mo ratou, e maka rota ana mo toku weruweru.

¹⁹But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

¹⁹Kaua ra ia koe e matara atu, e Ihowa; e toku kaha, hohoro mai hei awhina moku.

²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.

²⁰Whakaorangia toku wairua i te hoari, taku hoki e matenui nei i te kuri.

²¹Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

²¹Whakaorangia ahau i te mangai o te raiona: ae, i nga haona o nga kau maka kua whakahokia mai e koe he kupu ki ahau.

²²I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.

²²¶ Ka korerotia e ahau tou ingoa ki oku teina, ka whakamoemititia koe e ahau i waenganui i te whakaminenga.

²³Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.

²³E te hunga e wehi ana ki a Ihowa, whakamoemiti ki a ia; whakakororiatia ia, e te uri katoa o Hakopa, kia wehi hoki ki a ia, e te uri katoa o Iharaira.

²⁴For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

²⁴Kihai hoki ia i whakahawea, kihai i whakarihariha ki te aue o te ngakau mamae; kihai ano i huna i tona mata ki a ia, engari i tana karangatanga ki a ia i whakarongo ia.

²⁵Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

²⁵Ko koe taku e whakamoemiti ai i waenganui o te whakaminenga nui, ka whakamana e ahau aku kupu taurangi ki te aroaro o te hunga e wehi ana ki a ia.

²⁶The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.

²⁶Ka kai te hunga mahaki, a ka makona: ka whakamoemiti ki a Ihowa te hunga e rapu ana ki a ia; kia ora tonu o koutou ngakau, ake, ake.

²⁷All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

²⁷E mahara nga pito katoa o te whenua, a ka tahuri ki a Ihowa: ka koropiko ano nga hapu katoa o nga iwi ki tou aroaro.

²⁸For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations.

²⁸No Ihowa hokite rangatiratanga, ko ia ano te kawana i waenganui o nga iwi.

²⁹All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

²⁹Ka kai, a ka koropiko nga tangata tetere katoa o te whenua: ka tuohu ki tona aroaro te hunga katoa e heke ana ki te puehu; tae no ki te tangata kahore e ora i a ia tona wairua.

³⁰A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation.

³⁰Tera e mahi tetahi uri ki a ia; ka waiho ki te Ariki hei whakatupuranga.

³¹They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

³¹E haere mai ratou, e kauwhau i tona tika ki te iwi e whanau a mua, he meatanga tenei nana.