¹¶ He aha koe ka tu mai ai i tawhiti, e Ihowa? ka whakangarongaro ai i nga wa o te he?

¹Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

²E whakakake ana te tangata kino, e tukino ana i te tangata iti: kia hopukina ratou ki nga whakaaro i whakaaro ai ratou.

²Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

³E whakapehapeha ana hoki te tnngata kino ki te hiahia o tona ngakau, a ko te hunga apo taonga, e whakakahore ana, ae ra, e whakahawea ana ki a Ihowa.

³Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

⁴Ka mea te tangata kino, i te whakapehapeha o tona mata, E kore e hiahiatia e ia. Kei roto i ona whakaaro katoa e mea ana, Kahore he Atua.

⁴The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!` [are] all his devices.

⁵Whanoke tonu ona ara i nga wa katoa; kei runga noa ake au whakaritenga te kitea e ia, he mea whakatupereru e ia ona hoariri katoa.

⁵Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them.

⁶E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, e kore ahau e whakakorikoria: kahore hoki he he moku a nga whakatupuranga katoa.

⁶He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,` To generation and generation not in evil.

⁷Ki tonu tona mangai i te kanga, i te hianga, i te tukino: kei raro i tona arero te whanoke me te teka.

⁷Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,

⁸E noho ana ia, e whanga ana i nga pa koraha: e kohurutia ana e ia te hunga harakore i nga wahi ngaro; e matatau ana ona kanohi ki te hunga rawakore.

⁸He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

⁹E whanga puku ana ia me he raiona i tona kuhunga: e whanga ana kia hopukia te tangata iti: e hopukia ana e ia te tangata iti, ua kumea ki tana. kupenga.

⁹He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

¹⁰Kupapa ana ia, piko ana, hinga ana te hunga rawakore i ana mea kaha.

¹⁰He is bruised — he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

¹¹E mea ana i roto i tona ngakau, Ka wareware te Atua: e huna ana ia i tona mata, e kore ia e kite ake tonu atu.

¹¹He said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.`

¹²¶ Whakatika, e Ihowa, e te Atua, takiritia tou ringa: kaua e wareware ki te hunga iti.

¹²Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.

¹³He aha te tangata kino ka whakahawea ai ki te Atua? kua mea ia i roto i tona ngakau, E kore tenei e whakatakina e koe.

¹³Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.`

¹⁴Kua kite koe; e tirohia nei hoki e koe te whanoke me te whakatoi, a ka utua e tou ringa: e tuku ana te rawakore i a ia ano ki a koe; ko koe hei tuara mo te pani.

¹⁴Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

¹⁵Whatiia e koe te ringa o te tangata kino; tena ko te tangata nanakia, whakatakina tona kino, kia kahore ra ano e kitea e koe.

¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

¹⁶Ko Ihowa te Kingi ake ake: kua kahore ke nga tauiwi i tona whenua.

¹⁶Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!

¹⁷E Ihowa, kua whakarongo koe ki te hiahia o te hunga whakaiti: mau ano o ratou ngakau e whakapai, ka tahuri ano tou taringa ki te whakarongo:

¹⁷The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

¹⁸Ki te whakawa mo te pani, mo te tangata e tukinotia ana, kei whakamataku a mua ake te tangata o te whenua.

¹⁸To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress — man of the earth!