¹Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehova, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,

¹¶ He Hikaiono na Rawiri, tana i waiata ai ki a Ihowa mo nga kupu a Kuhu Pineamine. E Ihowa, e toku Atua, kei a koe toku whakawhirinakitanga: kia ora ahau i te hunga katoa e aru ana i ahau, kia mawhiti atu hoki ahau:

²Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

²Kei haehae ia i toku wairua, ano he raiona, a titaritari noa, i te mea kahore he kaiarai.

³O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

³E Ihowa, e toku Atua, ki te mea naku tena mahi, ki te mea he hara kei oku ringa;

⁴If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)

⁴Ki te mea i whakahokia e ahau he kino ki te tangata kua mau nei ta maua rongo; i whakaora nei hoki ahau i te tangata i kino noa mai ki ahau:

⁵Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

⁵Kia arumia toku wairua e te hoariri, a kia mau; kia takahia hoki toku ora e ia ki te whenua, kia whakatokotoria ano toku kororia ki te puehu. (Hera.

⁶Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

⁶E Ihowa, whakatika, kia riri koe, ara ake, e nana nei hoki oku hoa whawhai: kia oho ake hoki koe moku; kua kiia e koe te whakawa.

⁷And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.

⁷Tukua kia karapotia koe e te whakaminenga o nga iwi: ma runga atu i a ratou tou hokinga atu ki runga.

⁸Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.

⁸Ko Ihowa e whakarite whakawa ana mo nga iwi; kia rite, e Ihowa, tau whakawa moku ki taku mahi tika, ki te tapatahi hoki o oku whakaaro.

⁹O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

⁹Kia whakamutua te kino o te hunga kino: whakaukia hoki te tangata tika: e whakamatautau ana hoki te Atua tika i nga ngakau, i nga whatumanawa.

¹⁰My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

¹⁰¶ Kei te Atua toku whakangungu rakau, mana e whakaora te hunga ngakau tika.

¹¹God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

¹¹He kaiwhakawa tika te Atua, ae ra, he Atua e riri ana i tenei ra, i tenei ra.

¹²If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

¹²Ki te kore tetahi e tahuri, ka whakakoia e ia tana hoari; kua whakapikoa e ia tana kopere, a oti rawa te whakapai.

¹³He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts].

¹³Oti rawa ano ana mea whakamate te whakapai e ia; kua meinga e ia ana pere ano he ahi.

¹⁴Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

¹⁴Nana, he kino te mea e whakamamae nei ia; he whanoke te mea i hapu ki roto ki a ia, a whanau ake he teka.

¹⁵He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

¹⁵I pokaia e ia he poka, he mea keri nana, taka iho ia ki roto ki te rua i mahia e ia.

¹⁶His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

¹⁶Ka hoki tona whanoke ki tona matenga, a ka tau iho tana tukino ki tona tumuaki.

¹⁷I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.

¹⁷Ka rite ki tona tika taku whakamoemiti ki a Ihowa: ka himene atu hoki ahau ki te ingoa o Ihowa, o te Runga Rawa.