1A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
1¶ He waiata, he himene ma nga tama a Koraha. Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Maharata Reanoto. He Makiri na Hemana Eterahi. E Ihowa, e te Atua o toku whakaoranga, he tangi taku ki tou aroaro i te ao, i te po.
2Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.
2Kia tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki taku tangi.
3For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
3Kua ki hoki toku wairua i te pouri, a e whakatata ana toku ora ki te reinga.
4I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,
4Kua taua tahitia ahau me te hunga e heke ana ki te rua; e rite ana ahau ki te tangata kahore ona awhina!
5Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.
5I maka ki waenga i nga tupapaku, me he tangata i patua e takoto ana i te urupa, kahore nei e maharatia e koe i muri; he mea momotu ke ratou na tou ringa.
6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
6Kua whakatakotoria ahau e koe ki te rua i raro riro, ki te pouri, ki nga rire.
7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah
7E pehia ana ahau e tou riri, e pakia ana hoki e koe ki au ngaru katoa. (Hera.
8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
8Kua whakamataratia atu e koe oku hoa kia tawhiti i ahau: kua meinga ahau e koe hei mea whakarihariha ki a ratou: kua uakina mai ahau, a kahore e puta ki waho.
9Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
9Kua he toku kanohi i te tangihanga: e karanga ana ahau ki a koe, e Ihowa, i nga ra katoa, kua totoro hoki oku ringa ki a koe.
10Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah
10¶ Tera ranei koe e mahi merekara ki nga tupapaku? E ara koia te hunga kua mate ki te whakamoemiti ki a koe? (Hera.
11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?
11Ka kauwhautia ranei tou aroha i roto i te urupa? tou pono i roto i te ngaromanga?
12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
12E matauria koia au mea whakamiharo i roto i te pouri? tou tika i te whenua o te warewaretanga?
13But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
13Ko ahau ia kua karanga ki a koe, e Ihowa: a i te ata ka tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro.
14Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
14He aha, e Ihowa, i panga ai toku wairua e koe? He aha i huna ai tou mata ki ahau?
15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
15No toku tamarikitanga ake ano i pakia ai ahau, i whakahemohemo ai: i ahau e pehia ana e au whakawehi, ka pororaru noa iho.
16Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
16I tika tou riri nui ma runga i ahau; kua haukotia ahau e au mea whakawehi.
17They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
17Ano he wai ratou ki te karapoti i ahau i te ra roa nei; hui tahi ratou ki te taiawhio i ahau.
18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.
18Kua wehea e koe kia tawhiti atu i ahau te hoa hei aroha mai, me oku hoa ki roto ki te pouri.