¹{Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, 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 he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.

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

³Jehovah 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 to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)

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 after my soul, and take [it], and let him tread down my life 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, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, 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 the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes 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 shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which 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.

⁹Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous [man]; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.

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, and a ùGod who is indignant all the day.

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

¹²If one turn not, he will sharpen 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.

¹³And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.

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 digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that 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 praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the 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.