¹¶ Tena ra, karanga; ka whakao ranei tetahi ki a koe? a ka anga atu koe ki a wai o te hunga tapu?

¹Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

²E patua ana hoki te kuware e te aritarita, e whakamatea ana te whakaarokore e te hae.

²For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

³I kite ahau i te kuware e hou ana ona pakiaka; kitea rawatia ake kua kanga e ahau tona nohoanga.

³I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

⁴Kei tawhiti atu ana tama i te ora, mongamonga noa ratou i te kuwaha, kahore hoki he kaiwhakaora.

⁴His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

⁵Ko ana hua ka kainga e te tangata matekai, ka riro i a ia ahakoa i roto i te tataramoa, a ka hamama te mahanga ki o ratou rawa.

⁵Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

⁶¶ Na e kore te he e puta ake i te puehu, e kore ano te raruraru e tupu ake i te oneone;

⁶Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

⁷I whanau te tangata ki te raruraru, tona rite kei nga korakora e rere nei whakarunga.

⁷Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

⁸Ko ahau ia ka rapu i ta te Atua; me tuku atu taku korero ki te Atua,

⁸I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

⁹E mahi nei i nga mea nunui e kore nei e taea te rapu atu, i nga mea whakamiharo e kore nei e taea te tatau;

⁹Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

¹⁰E homai nei i te ua ki te mata o te whenua, e unga nei i te wai ki te mata o nga parae;

¹⁰Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

¹¹E whakanoho nei i te hunga iti ki te wahi tiketike, a whakanekehia ake ana te hunga pouri ki te ora.

¹¹To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

¹²E haukoti nei i nga whakaaro o te hunga tinihanga, te taea e o ratou ringa ta ratou i mea ai.

¹²He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

¹³Mau ake i a ia te hunga whakaaro i to ratou tinihanga: pororaru iho nga whakaaro o te hunga kotiti ke.

¹³He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

¹⁴I te awatea nei, tutaki ana ratou ki te pouri; whawha ana ratou i te poutumarotanga, ano ko te po.

¹⁴They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

¹⁵Otiia e whakaorangia ana e ia te rawakore i te hoari, i to ratou mangai, i te ringa ano o te tangata kaha.

¹⁵But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

¹⁶Ka ai ano he tumanakohanga atu mo te ware; kokopi tonu ia te mangai o te kino.

¹⁶So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

¹⁷¶ Nana, ka hari te tangata e akona ana e te Atua: na kaua e whakahawea ki te papaki a te Kaha Rawa.

¹⁷Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

¹⁸He whakamamae hoki tana, he takai ano; e patu ana ia, a ko ona ringa ano hei whakaora.

¹⁸For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

¹⁹E ono nga matenga e whakaora ai ia i a koe; ahakoa e whitu, e kore te he e pa ki a koe.

¹⁹He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

²⁰I te matekai ka hokona koe e ia kei mate; i te tatauranga ano, kei pangia e te hoari.

²⁰In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

²¹Ka huna koe i te whiu a te arero, e kore ano koe e wehi i te whakangaromanga ina tae mai.

²¹Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

²²E kata ano koe ki te whakangaromanga raua ko te hemokai; e kore hoki koe e wehi i nga kirehe o te whenua.

²²At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

²³No te mea ka takoto tau kawenata ki nga kohatu o te parae; ka mau ano ta koutou rongo ko nga kirehe o te parae.

²³For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

²⁴Ka mohio ano koe e tu ana tou teneti i te aionuku, ka haereere ano koe ki tou nohoanga, te ai he hara.

²⁴And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

²⁵Ka mohio ano koe he nui ou uri, he pera ano tou whanau me te tarutaru o te whenua.

²⁵Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

²⁶Ka ata rite ou tau ina tae koe ki te urupa, ka pera ano me te puranga witi e hikitia ake ana i tona wa e rite ai.

²⁶Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

²⁷Nana, tenei, he mea rapu na matou ko te mea tika hoki ia; whakarangona mai, ka mohio iho hei pai mou.

²⁷Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.