¹For the Chief Musician; A Psalm of David, a song. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate him flee before him.

¹¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He himene, he waiata na Rawiri. Kia ara te Atua, kia marara ona hoariri: kia whati hoki i tona aroaro te hunga e kino ana ki a ia.

²As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

²Aia atu ratou, peratia me te paowa e aia ana: kia rite ki te ware pi e rewa ana i te kapura te ngaromanga o te hunga kino i te aroaro o te Atua.

³But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: Yea, let them rejoice with gladness.

³Kia koa ia te hunga tika; kia hari i te aroaro o te Atua: ae ra, kia tino hari pu ratou.

⁴Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him.

⁴Waiata ki te Atua, himenetia tona ingoa; opehia ake he huanui mo tana hariata i nga koraha; tona ingoa ko IHA; kia hari hoki ki tona aroaro.

⁵A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

⁵Hei matua mo nga pani, hei kaiwhakarite mo nga pouaru, te Atua i tona nohoanga tapu.

⁶God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁶E whakanohoia ana e te Atua te mokemoke ki te whare; e whakaputaina ana e ia nga herehere ki te ora: ko te hunga tutu ia e noho i te wahi waikore.

⁷O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah

⁷¶ E te Atua, i tou haerenga atu i mua i tau iwi: i tou haerenga i te koraha; (Hera.

⁸The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped [rain] at the presence of God: Yon Sinai [trembled] at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁸I wiri te whenua, i tuturu iho ano nga rangi i te aroaro o te Atua; me taua Hinai ano i te aroaro o te Atua, o te Atua o Iharaira.

⁹Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

⁹I taia mai, e koe, e te Atua, he ua nui; a i tou kainga e ruwha ana ka whakaukia e koe.

¹⁰Thy congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.

¹⁰I noho tau whakaminenga ki reira: na tou pai, e te Atua, i mea kai ai koe ma nga rawakore.

¹¹The Lord giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host.

¹¹Ka homai e Ihowa te kupu: he ope nui nga wahine whakapuaki.

¹²Kings of armies flee, they flee; And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

¹²Whati rawa nga kingi o nga taua: a ko te wahine i noho i te whare, kei te tuwha i nga parakete.

¹³When ye lie among the sheepfolds, [It is as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

¹³I a koutou ka takoto noa i nga takotoranga hipi, he rite ki nga pakau o te kukupa kua paparuatia nei ki te hiriwa, ona hou ki te koura whero.

¹⁴When the Almighty scattered kings therein, [It was as when] it snoweth in Zalmon.

¹⁴I te whakamararatanga a te Kaha Rawa i nga kingi i reira, koia ano kei te hukarere o Taramono te ma.

¹⁵A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.

¹⁵¶ He maunga Atua a Maunga Pahana; he maunga tiketike a Maunga Pahana.

¹⁶Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell [in it] for ever.

¹⁶He aha koutou ka titiro titaha ai, e nga maunga tiketike, ki te maunga i hiahiatia nei e te Atua kia nohoia e ia? ae, ka nohoia e Ihowa ake ake.

¹⁷The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary.

¹⁷Ko nga hariata a te Atua, e rua tekau mano, mano mano iho; kei roto i a ratou te Ariki, me te mea ko Hinai, ko te wahi tapu.

¹⁸Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, [among] the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell [with them].

¹⁸Kua kake koe ki runga, kua whakaraua e koe te whakarau: kua riro i a koe he ohaoha mo te tangata; ae, mo te hunga tutu ano, kia noho ai a Ihowa, te Atua ki a ratou.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, Even the God who is our salvation. Selah

¹⁹Kia whakapaingia te Ariki, e whakawaha nei i ta tatou pikaunga i tenei ra, i tenei ra, te Atua o to tatou whakaoranga. (Hera.

²⁰God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.

²⁰Ko to tatou Atua te Atua o te whakaoranga: na Ihowa ano, na te Ariki, nga putanga ake i te mate.

²¹But God will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.

²¹Ka maru ia i te Atua te matenga o ona hoariri: me te tumuaki huruhuru o te tangata e haere tonu ana i ana kino.

²²The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [them] again from the depths of the sea;

²²¶ I mea te Ariki, Ka whakahokia mai e ahau i Pahana, ka whakahokia mai e ahau taku iwi i nga rire o te moana:

²³That thou mayest crush [them], [dipping] thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from [thine] enemies.

²³Kia toua ai tou waewae ki te toto, kia whiwhi ai te arero o au kuri ki tana wahi o ou hoariri.

²⁴They have seen thy goings, O God, Even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

²⁴I kite ratou, e te Atua, i ou haerenga, i nga haerenga o toku Atua, o toku Kingi, i te wahi tapu.

²⁵The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.

²⁵Ko nga kaiwaiata i haere i mua, i muri ko nga kaiwhakatangi, i waenganui o nga kotiro e patupatu ana i nga timipera.

²⁶Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, [ye that are] of the fountain of Israel.

²⁶Whakapaingia te Atua i roto i nga whakaminenga, te Ariki hoki, e nga mea i puta mai i te matapuna o Iharaira.

²⁷There is little Benjamin their ruler, The princes of Judah [and] their council, The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

²⁷Kei reira a Pineamine, te whakaotinga, to ratou ariki, nga rangatira o Hura, me to ratou ropu, nga rangatira o Hepurona, me nga rangatira o Napatari.

²⁸Thy God hath commanded thy strength: Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

²⁸Kua oti he kaha mou te whakahau iho e tou Atua: whakaukia, e te Atua, tau i mea ai mo matou.

²⁹Because of thy temple at Jerusalem Kings shall bring presents unto thee.

²⁹Ka maua mai e nga kingi he hakari ki a koe, mo tou temepara i Hiruharama.

³⁰Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver: He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.

³⁰Riria te kirehe o nga kakaho, te huinga puru, me nga kuao kau a nga iwi, me te takahi i nga pihi hiriwa ki raro: whakamararatia nga iwi e ahuareka ana ki te whainga.

³¹Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.

³¹E puta mai nga rangatira i Ihipa: meake hohoro te totoro o nga ringa o Etiopia ki te Atua.

³²Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; Oh sing praises unto the Lord; Selah

³²¶ Waiata ki te Atua, e nga rangatiratanga o te whenua: himene ki te Ariki: (Hera.

³³To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.

³³Ki a ia, ko tona hariata nei ko nga rangi o nga rangi, nonamata: na, ka puaki tona reo, he reo kaha.

³⁴Ascribe ye strength unto God: His excellency is over Israel, And his strength is in the skies.

³⁴Waiho te kaha i te Atua, kei runga nei i a Iharaira tana mahi rangatira: kei nga kapua hoki tona kaha.

³⁵O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed be God.

³⁵Ka wehingia koe, e te Atua, i roto i ou wahi tapu: ko te Atua o Iharaira te kaihomai i te kaha, i te mana, ki tona iwi. Whakapaingia te Atua.