1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
1¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi, ma nga tama a Koraha. He Makiri. E te Atua, kua rongo o matou taringa, kua korerotia ki a matou e o matou matua, nga mahi i mahia e koe i o ratou ra, i nga ra o mua.
2Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad.
2Nau nga tauiwi i pana ki tou ringa, nau ratou i whakato: nau nga iwi i whiu, a whakamararatia ana ratou.
3For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.
3Ehara hoki i te mea, na ta ratou hoari i whiwhi ai ratou ki te whenua, ehara to ratou takakau i te mea i ora ai ratou: engari na tou matau, na tou takakau hoki, na te marama ano o tou mata, he pai hoki nou ki a ratou.
4Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.
4E te Atua, ko koe toku Kingi: whakahaua he whakaora mo Hakapa.
5Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
5Mau ka turaki ai matou i o matou hoariri; ma tou ingoa ka takahia ai e matou te hunga e whakatika ana ki a matou.
6For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
6E kore hoki ahau e whakawhirinaki ki taku kopere: e kore ano taku hoari e whakaora i ahau.
7But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us.
7Nau hoki matou i ora ai i o matou hoariri: nau ano i whakama ai te hunga i kino ki a matou.
8In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah
8Ko te Atua ta matou e whakamanamana ai i te roa o te ra: ka whakamoemiti ano matou ki tou ingoa ake ake. (Hera.
9But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
9¶ Otira kua panga nei matou e koe, kua meinga kia whakama: kahore hoki koe kia haere tahi me a matou taua.
10Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
10Kua meinga matou kia hoki whakamuri mai i te hoariri; kei te pahua ano i etahi ma ratou te hunga e kino ana ki a matou.
11Thou hast made us like sheep [appointed] for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.
11Kua hoatu matou e koe, ano he hipi e kainga ana: kua marara ki roto ki nga tauiwi.
12Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price.
12E hokona ana e koe tau iwi, a hore he utu: kahore hoki koe e whiwhi rawa i te utu mo ratou.
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
13E meinga ana matou e koe hei tawainga ma o matou hoa kainga; hei whakahaweatanga, hei whakakatanga mai ma te hunga i tetahi taha, i tetahi taha o matou.
14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
14E meinga ana matou e koe hei whakatauki ma nga tauiwi; hei rurutanga matenga ma nga iwi.
15All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,
15Kei mua tonu i ahau toku whakama; kua taupokina ahau e te pawera o toku mata;
16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.
16I te reo o te kaitawai, o te kaikohukohu; i te hoariri, i te kairapu utu.
17All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
17¶ Kua pa katoa tenei ki a matou; heoi kahore matou i wareware ki a koe, kihai ano i teka ki tau kawenata.
18Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
18Kahore to matou ngakau i tahuri whakamuri; kihai ano o matou hikoinga i peka ke i tau ara;
19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
19I maru ai matou i a koe i te wahi o nga tarakona; a taupoki rawa ki te atarangi o te mate.
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
20Mehemea kua wareware matou ki te ingoa o to matou Atua, kua totoro ranei o matou ringa ki te atua ke;
21Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
21E kore ranei tenei e ata tirohia e te Atua? E matau ana hoki ia ki nga mea ngaro o te ngakau.
22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
22Mou nei hoki matou i patua ai i te ra roa nei: kiia iho matou he hipi e patua ana.
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
23E ara, he aha koe ka moe ai, e te Ariki? Whakatika, kaua matou e panga tonutia.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
24He aha koe ka huna ai i tou mata? ka wareware ai ki to matou mamae, ki to matou tukinotanga?
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
25Kua piko nei hoki to matou wairua ki raro ki te puehu; piri rawa to matou kopu ki te whenua.
26Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake.
26E ara, hei awhina i a matou; kia mahara ki tou aroha, a hokona matou.