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:

¹O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

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

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

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

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

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:

⁴If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

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.

⁵Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

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.

⁶Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

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

⁷So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

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.

⁸The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

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.

⁹Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

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

¹⁰My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

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

¹¹God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

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

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

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

¹³He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

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.

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

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

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

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

¹⁶His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

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

¹⁷I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.