¹¶ Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Hohanimi. Na Rawiri. Whakaorangia ahau e te Atua, ka tae mai hoki nga wai ki roto ki toku wairua.

¹Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

²Ka tapoko ahau ki te oru hohonu, ki te wahi kahore nei he tunga: kua tae ahau ki nga wai hohonu, ngaro iho ahau i nga waipuke.

²I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

³Kua ruwha ahau i taku tangi; kua maroke toku korokoro: pakoko kau oku kanohi i ahau e tatari nei ki toku Atua.

³I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁴Tini ke i nga makawe o toku matenga te hunga e kino noa ana ki ahau: he kaha rawa te hunga e mauahara noa ana ki ahau, e mea nei kia whakamatea ahau; utua ana e ahau i reira nga mea kihai i tangohia e ahau.

⁴They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

⁵E te Atua, e matau ana koe ki toku kuware; kahore hoki oku he e ngaro i a koe.

⁵O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

⁶E te Ariki, e Ihowa o nga mano kaua te hunga e tatari ana ki a koe e whakama i ahau: e te Atua o Iharaira, kei numinumi kau i ahau te hunga e rapu ana i a koe.

⁶Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

⁷Mou hoki ahau i waiho ai hei tawainga: ngaro iho toku mata i te whakama.

⁷Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

⁸He tangata ke ahau ki oku hoa ake: hei tautangata ki nga tama a toku whaea.

⁸I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

⁹Ka pau hoki ahau i te aroha ki tou whare: kua tau ano ki ahau nga tawai a te hunga e tawai ana ki a koe.

⁹For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

¹⁰I ahau i tangi, i whakatiki hei whiu i toku wairua, ka waiho tena hei tawainga moku.

¹⁰When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

¹¹I kakahu hoki ahau i te kakahu taratara moku, a i waiho hei whakatauki ma ratou.

¹¹I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

¹²Kei te korero kino moku te hunga e noho ana i te kuwaha: waiatatia ana ahau e te hunga haurangi waina.

¹²They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

¹³¶ Ko ahau ia, ki a koe taku inoi, e Ihowa, i te wa e manakohia ai: whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau, e te Atua, i runga i te nui o tou aroha, o te pono o tau whakaoranga.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

¹⁴Whakaorangia ahau i roto i te oru, kei toremi: kia ora ahau i te hunga e kino ana ki ahau, i nga wai hohonu ano hoki.

¹⁴Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

¹⁵Kei ngaro ahau i te waipuke, kei horomia e te rire; kei kopia ano te waha o te poka ki runga ki ahau.

¹⁵Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

¹⁶E Ihowa whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau; he pai hoki tou atawhai: tahuri mai ki ahau, kia rite ki te nui o au arohatanga.

¹⁶Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

¹⁷A kaua e huna tou mata ki tau pononga; e pouri ana hoki ahau: hohoro te whakahoki kupu mai ki ahau.

¹⁷And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

¹⁸Whakatata mai ki toku wairua, hokona: whakaorangia ahau, e mahi nei oku hoariri.

¹⁸Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

¹⁹E matau ana koe ki toku tawainga, ki toku whakama, ki toku numinumi: kei tou aroaro oku hoariri katoa.

¹⁹Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

²⁰Maru noa toku ngakau i te tawai; a ki tonu ahau i te pouri: i titiro ahau ki tetahi hei aroha mai, a kore ake; ki etahi hei whakamarie, a kihai i kitea.

²⁰Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

²¹I homai he au hei kai maku: i toku matewaitanga ano i whakainumia ahau ki te winika.

²¹They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²²¶ Kia meinga ta ratou tepu i to ratou aroaro hei mahanga; hei rore hoki i to ratou wa rangimarie.

²²Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

²³Kia whakapouritia o ratou kanohi, kei kite ratou: kia wiri tonu hoki o ratou hope.

²³Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

²⁴Ringihia atu tou riri ki runga ki a ratou, kia mau hoki ratou i tou arita, i tou weriweri.

²⁴Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

²⁵Kia ururuatia to ratou nohoanga: kaua tetahi e noho ki o ratou teneti.

²⁵Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

²⁶Mo ratou i tukino i te tangata i whiua nei e koe; a korerotia ana e ratou te pouri o te hunga i werohia e koe.

²⁶For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

²⁷Tapiritia he kino ki runga ki to ratou kino; kaua hoki ratou e tukua kia tomo ki tou tika.

²⁷Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

²⁸Kia murua atu ratou i te pukapuka o te ora, kaua ano e tuhituhia ki roto ki te hunga tika.

²⁸Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

²⁹Ko ahau ia, he rawakore, he pouri; kia whakateiteitia ake ahau, e te Atua, e tau whakaoranga.

²⁹But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

³⁰¶ Ka whakamoemiti taku waiata ki te ingoa o te Atua, ka whakanui ano taku whakawhetai i a ia.

³⁰I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

³¹Pai rawa tenei ki a Ihowa i te puru i te kau, i te mea whai haona, whai maikuku.

³¹This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

³²Kua kite te hunga mahaki, kua hari: ka ora ano o koutou ngakau, e te hunga e rapu nei i te Atua.

³²The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

³³No te mea ka rongo a Ihowa ki nga rawakore, e kore ano e whakahawea ki ana herehere.

³³For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

³⁴Kia whakamoemiti te rangi me te whenua ki a ia, nga moana, me nga mea katoa e tere ana i roto.

³⁴Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

³⁵No te mea tera e whakaorangia e te Atua a Hiona, ka hanga ano e ia nga pa o Hura; a ka noho ratou ki reira, ka riro hoki a reira i a ratou.

³⁵For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

³⁶A ka nohoia a reira e nga uri o ana pononga: hei kainga tupu ano a reira mo te hunga e aroha ana ki tona ingoa.

³⁶The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.